Termiczna diagnostyka stanu technicznego zębów rdzenia stojana dużego turbogeneratora

There is a method of application of output water from stator winding bars temperature measurement for on-line diagnostics of stator core teeth presented in the paper. In generators working at changeable load teeth failure in the end part region of stator core often happen. Lack of sensors for core temperature measurement makes it impossible to detect such kind of failures at the time when it appears. Laminations short-circuit in the end teeth cause „iron fire”. The large local temperature increases failures of bars insulation and stator windings short-circuit ground. The result of the research is determination a thermal model of the turbogenerator stator including the phenomenon „iron fire”. The results obtained during the investigations proved that the output water from stator winding bars temperature measurement is sufficient for diagnostics of the stator core teeth.