A 3D FINITE-ELEMENT COMPUTATION OF STATOR END-WINDING LEAKAGE INDUCTANCE AND FORCES AT STEADY STATE OPERATING CONDITIONS IN LARGE HYDROGENERATORS

Abstract

The forces acting on the stator end windings of a hydrogenerator at steady state operating conditions, as well as the end-winding leakage inductance, are calculated using a 3D finite element package. A more realistic representation for the geometry of the windings and boundaries is considered. The effects of different representations for the stator core end surface are outlined. The computed values of the inductance from time harmonic and static simulations are presented and compared with classical analytical methods. [Vol. 12, No. 1 (1997), Special Issue on International Computational Electromagnetics, pp 90-96]