Apparatus and method utilizing amorphous metal laminates in...

Electrical generator or motor structure – Dynamoelectric – Rotary

Reexamination Certificate

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

Reexamination Certificate

active

06525444

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to electrical generators, and, more particularly, to stator core-end structures for reducing electromagnetic losses and associated heating in generator core-ends by using amorphous metal laminates.
The operating efficiency of electrical generators can be severely impacted by electromagnetic losses in the generator core-ends. More specifically, the axial component of magnetic flux normal to the plane of the generator stator core-end induces eddy currents in the stator core-end laminations. The eddy currents cause power loss and stator core-end region heating thereby limiting generator capacity due to thermal limits imposed by internal design guides and industry standards.
A typically constructed generator is shown in
FIG. 1
, to comprise stator
12
, rotor
14
, and armature end winding
36
. Outside space block
32
, stator flange
28
and key bar
30
maintain metal lamination packages
40
in place. Several ways have been proposed to reduce the electromagnetic flux normal to the stator core-end to minimize the eddy current losses and heating. For example, it has been proposed to increase the air gap
38
length towards the end of the stator core-end to reduce the detrimental effects of the electromagnetic flux. Core-end stepping
34
has also been proposed, as shown in
FIG. 1
, for eliminating or at least reducing the negative effects of the electromagnetic flux. And finally, it has also been proposed to reduce the relative axial length of the rotor with respect to the stator to minimize the core-end electromagnetic flux.
All of the above described actions, for reducing electromagnetic flux at the stator core-end of an electrical generator, have proven to be somewhat deficient in that in each case the generator requires an increased excitation which contributes to lower machine operating efficiency and a potentially bigger thermal problem.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Amorphous magnetic materials have the distinct advantage of having greatly reduced hysteresis losses. The core loss of amorphous metals, for example, is considerably lower than that of grain-oriented silicon steel. Furthermore, amorphous metal cores are able to respond to changes in a magnetic field much more quickly than conventional ferrous core materials. For all of these reasons, amorphous metals are an attractive substitute for silicon steel laminations, especially in the stator core-end to reduce loss and decrease core-end temperatures.
In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, a stator core-end construction comprises amorphous metal laminates which may be stepped to further reduce core-end losses. This construction has distinct advantages over the prior art in that the reduction of eddy currents and heating of the stator core-end is accomplished without any sacrifice of performance or machine efficiency. As a result, the present invention has application in newly constructed electric generators and for up-rating existing electric generators to achieve higher capacities.


REFERENCES:
patent: 4227109 (1980-10-01), Mulach
patent: 4255684 (1981-03-01), Mischeler et al.
patent: 4392073 (1983-07-01), Rosenberry, Jr.
patent: 5903082 (1999-05-01), Caamano
patent: 5986378 (1999-11-01), Caamano
patent: 6420813 (2002-07-01), DeCristofaro et al.
patent: 6462456 (2002-10-01), DeCristofaro et al.
patent: 0380935 (1990-01-01), None
patent: 0521688 (1992-06-01), None
Ning Lu et al., “Amorphous Metals for Radial Airgap Electric Machines”, ICEM 2000 Aug. 28-30, 2000, Espoo Finland.

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for the USA inventors and patents. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Apparatus and method utilizing amorphous metal laminates in... does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Apparatus and method utilizing amorphous metal laminates in..., we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Apparatus and method utilizing amorphous metal laminates in... will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-3167339

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.