The typical construction of a stator coil includes the use of end corona protection (ECP)coating, which is made of semi-conductive materials like silicon carbide (SiC). Thepurpose of ECP is to smooth the electric stress distribution near the slot exit, limitingthe electric field and partial discharge (PD) activity within the insulation system. Thisthesis investigates how ECP affects the dielectric response of a stator coil in highvoltagemeasurements, both in the time-domain and frequency-domain. It also studieshow well time-domain results transformed to the frequency-domain correspond to directmeasurements. As a further point, the effect of the ECP on PD activity was demonstrated.Measurements of dielectric response and PD were made on new coil-halves producedin the usual way in a production run for a motor. The results show that applying theECP design significantly reduces the PD activity and increases the inception voltage. Inaddition, the dielectric response of the coil with ECP tape has shown to have a nonlinearvoltage dependent characteristic due to the presence of ECP. As the voltage goes higher,this causes a shift of the loss peak toward higher frequency. A distributed-element modelof the end section of a stator coil was used to model the nonlinear effect due to ECP, andits results are compared to the measured results. Lastly, FEM simulation of a stator coilend section is presented, showing the contribution of ECP tape in evenly distributing theelectric stress near the slot exit. / Den typiska konstruktionen av en statorhärva använder ändglimmskydd (ECP), somär tillverkad av halvledande material som kiselkarbid (SiC). Syftet med ECP är attjämna ut det elektriska fältet vidövergången från spåret tilländlindningen, för attundvika högpåkänning och partiell urladdningsaktivitet (PD). Arbetet som presenteras här undersöker hur ECP påverkar den dielektriska responsen hos en statorspole, vid tidsdomänoch frekvensdomänmätningar vid höga spänningar. Den studerar också hur väl tidsdomänresultat som omvandlas till frekvensdomänen motsvarar direkta mätningar. Som en annan punkt visades ECP:s inverkan på PD-aktivitet. Mätningar av dielektrisk respons och PD gjordes på nya statorhärvor som tillverkades för en stor motor. Resultaten visar att tillämpningen av ECP-konstruktionen avsevärt minskar PD-aktiviteten och ökar inceptionsspänningen. Dessutom har spolens dielektriska respons med ECP-tejp visat sig ha en ickelinjär spänningsberoende egenskap på grund av närvaron av ECP. Ö kad spänning orsakar en förskjutning av förlusttoppen mot högre frekvens. En modell för ECP användeseteendet, och dess resultat jämförs med mätningarna.utligen presenteras FEM-simulering som visar hur ECP gör fältet jämnare.

In this thesis, partial discharge (PD) phenomenon in oil-impregnated paper (OIP) is investigated under accelerated electrical stress. The thesis is mainly focused on the characteristic of PD activity and the influence it has on the insulation properties of OIP. PD source was created by introducing an air filled cavity embedded between layers of OIP. PD activity is investigated from the initiation up to final puncture breakdown of the OIP. The time-evolution of number, maximum magnitude and average magnitude of PD is investigated for cavities with different diameter and height. It was found that time to breakdown is shorter if the cavity diameter is larger and cavities with higher depth produce larger PDs. Comparison between PD activity in three cases, i.e. unaged OIP, thermally aged OIP and OIP samples with higher moisture content is performed. In general, it is found that for all cases the number and the maximum magnitude of PD follows a similar trend versus ageing time. During the very beginning of the experiment large discharges occur and they disappear after a short ageing time. Number and maximum magnitude of PD increase with time until reaching a peak value. Finally both parameters decrease with time and puncture breakdown occurs in the sample. Even though PD activity in thermally aged OIP is higher compared to the unaged OIP samples, the time to breakdown for new and thermally aged OIP samples is similar while it is shorter for OIP samples with higher moisture content. In this thesis, partial discharge (PD) phenomenon in oil-impregnated paper (OIP) is investigated under accelerated electrical stress. The thesis is mainly focused on the characteristic of PD activity and the influence it has on the insulation properties of OIP. PD source was created by introducing an air filled cavity embedded between layers of OIP. PD activity is investigated from the initiation up to final puncture breakdown of the OIP. The time-evolution of number, maximum magnitude and average magnitude of PD is investigated for cavities with different diameter and height. It was found that time to breakdown is shorter if the cavity diameter is larger and cavities with higher depth produce larger PDs. Comparison between PD activity in three cases, i.e. unaged OIP, thermally aged OIP and OIP samples with higher moisture content is performed. In general, it is found that for all cases the number and the maximum magnitude of PD follows a similar trend versus ageing time. During the very beginning of the experiment large discharges occur and they disappear after a short ageing time. Number and maximum magnitude of PD increase with time until reaching a peak value. Finally both parameters decrease with time and puncture breakdown occurs in the sample. Even though PD activity in thermally aged OIP is higher compared to the unaged OIP samples, the time to breakdown for new and thermally aged OIP samples is similar while it is shorter for OIP samples with higher moisture content. Breakdown strength of OIP samples is measured before and after ageing with PDs. It is found that the breakdown strength of OIP samples decreases by around 40% after the sample is exposed to accelerated electrical ageing. Furthermore a thermal model was developed to investigate the possible transition of breakdown mechanism from erosion to thermal breakdown in OIP dielectrics. It was found that PD activity can lower the thermal breakdown voltage of OIP up to four times. / <p>QC 20150206</p>

High Voltage (HV) rotating machines are widely used in power generation and heavy industry companies. Silicon Carbide (SiC) material is used in the stress grading structure of HV electric machines because of its non-linear characteristic. In this thesis, the resistance characteristics of SiC-based stress grading tape in time domain and the dielectric parameters in frequency domain were measured. The measurement results of samples with axial current-direction in time domain and frequency domain are about ten times that of the samples with radial current-direction, which might be a feature of the tape construction although it also can depend on the measurement method. The finite element method (FEM) simulation of the coil insulation system was carried out by using the experimental parameters, and the results were compared with the actual measurement results. The calculation results show that the non-linearity of SiC-based material does not have much effect on the real part of frequency response of the whole coil. The relative difference of the real part of complex capacitance is less than 5%. However, the influence on the imaginary part is relatively large, the relative difference is about 4% - 60%. / Högspänningsmaskiner används ofta i kraftproduktion och tunga industriella anläggningar. Kiselkarbidmaterial (SiC) används i sådana maskiners potential-styrningssstruktur på grund av dess icke-linjära egenskaper. I denna avhandling mättes ledningsförmågan hos SiC-baserade fältstyrningstejp i tidsdomänen och de dielektriska parametrarna i frekvensdomänen. Resultaten med axiell strömriktning vid tiddomän och frekvensdomänmetoder tyder på omkring tio gånger så stor konduktivitet jämfört med den radiella ström-riktningen, vilken kan bero på tejpkonstruktionen fast även eventuellt på mätmetoden. Simuleringen av en statorhärvas isoleringssystem utfördes med finita element metoden (FEM) med parametrar från materialproven, och resultaten jämfördes med mätresultat från en sådan härva. Beräkningsresultaten visar att det SiC-baserade materialets ickelinjäritet inte har någon större effekt på hela spolens verkliga frekvensrespons. Den relativa skillnaden mellan den verkliga delen av komplex kapacitans är mindre än 5%. Påverkan på den imaginära delen är dock relativt stor, med en relativ skillnad på ca 4% - 60%.