Methods for diagnosing static eccentricity in a synchronous 2 pole generator

2007 IEEE Lausanne POWERTECH, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2162-2167

  De Canha, Daniel ^a,b   Cronje, Willie A ^a,b   Meyer, Alan S ^a,b   Hoffe, Simon J ^a,b,c  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UEC Technologies (Pty) Ltd   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Condition monitoring; Fault diagnosis; Finite element methods; Shaft signal; Static eccentricity; Synchronous generator

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC MOTORS; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; MATERIALS SCIENCE; POLES; SYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

CONDITION MONITORING; FAULT DIAGNOSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHODS; SHAFT SIGNAL; STATIC ECCENTRICITY; SYNCHRONOUS GENERATOR;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 50949130284     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PCT.2007.4538653     Document Type: Conference Paper

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