When Generator Rewind

In General
MELCO

TURBINE GENERATOR STATOR RE-WINDING

Recommendation

Initial Dielectric Strength 5E(kV)

Required Dielectric Strength = 2E+3(kV)
40%

4,000

8,000

Starts & Stops (time)

40%
50%
60%

Re-wound

70%
0

It is recommended to
rewind stator windings
before
the
dielectric
strength decline to 40% of
initial mean value.
Considering the safety
operation,
it
is
recommendable to rewind
stator windings by nearly
45% of initial mean value.
The generators shown on
right chart were rewound
based on the dielectric
strength
estimating
mentioned above.

100,000

200,000

Operation Hours (hours)

TURBINE GENERATOR STATOR RE-WINDING

Dielectric Strength Estimating
Based on multiple regression analysis of the dielectric strength on the
267 used coils sampled from 10 generators, We got the following
knowledge. It is the function of operation hours and starts & stops that
the dielectric strength of polyester/mica based coil insulation.
80%

60%

60%

40%

40%

Sto
ps(T
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e)

200,000

s&

2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000

Star
t

100,000

Dielectric Strength

80%

Dielectric Strength

80%

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p
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tio

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Hr
(
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ur

60%

40%

ROTOR COIL REWINDING

MATERIALS CHRONOLOGY

1960
Turn
Insulation

Shellac Mica

1970

1980

1990

Glass Melamine
Glass Epoxy

Shellac Mica

Slot Cell

Glass Epoxy Mica Lapper

Life be evaluated in Turn Insulation.

Rotor coil rewinding be planed at
around 160,000 hours operation.