Rotating electrical machine and diagnostic method for the same
A rotating electrical machine of the present invention evaluates a relative displacement of members and improves reliability further even when two or more members operate or move. A rotating electrical machine of the present invention comprises a stator and a rotor disposed on an inner side of the stator with a predetermined gap. The stator includes vibration measuring devices, each of the vibration measuring devices placed on each of at least two members included in the stator, the members having different displacements or phases with each other. The rotating electrical machine includes a device that acquires a relative displacement of one of the members included in the stator by evaluating a difference between displacements or phases measured by the vibration measuring devices and that evaluates a lifetime of the one of the members included in the stator based on the relative displacement.
1. A rotating electrical machine comprising:
a stator;
a rotor disposed on an inner side of the stator with a predetermined gap
a data storage device;
a data operation device; and
a measurement control device,
wherein the stator includes vibration measuring accelerometers, each of the vibration measuring accelerometers placed on each of at least two members included in the stator, the members having different displacements or phases with each other; and
wherein the data operation device acquires a relative displacement of one of the members included in the stator, from the data storage device, by evaluating a difference between displacements or phases measured by the vibration measuring accelerometers and the measurement control device that has a predetermined threshold,
wherein the vibration measuring accelerometers include a vibration measuring accelerometer A placed on a member of the at least two members regarded as a movable body and a vibration measuring accelerometer B placed on a member of the at least two members regarded as a fixed body,
wherein the vibration measuring accelerometers measure the difference between a displacement or a phase measured by the vibration measuring accelerometer A and a displacement or a phase measured by the vibration measuring accelerometer B,
wherein the vibration measuring accelerometers defines the difference as a displacement of the member regarded as the movable body,
wherein the stator includes a stator core, a stator coil wound in a slot of the stator core, a wedge that fixes the stator coil into the slot, and a stator frame that supports and fixes the stator core,
wherein the stator includes a stator coil-end where the stator coil wound in the slot protrudes from an axial-direction end of the stator core in an axial direction,
wherein the vibration measuring accelerometer A is placed on the stator coil that is the member regarded as the movable body, the stator coil being at a slot outlet of the stator core,
wherein the vibration measuring accelerometer B is placed on the stator core that is the member regarded as the fixed body,
wherein the rotating electrical machine acquires a difference between displacements or phases measured by the vibration measuring accelerometer A and the vibration measuring accelerometer B, and defines the difference as a displacement of the stator coil at the slot outlet of the stator core,
wherein the data storage device is connected to the vibration measuring accelerometer A and the vibration measuring accelerometer B, and stores vibration data which includes the displacement or the phase measured by the vibration measuring accelerometer A and the displacement or the phase measured by the vibration measuring accelerometer B,
wherein the data operation device that operates the difference from vibration data sent from the data storage device, and
wherein the measurement control device that evaluates the difference sent from the data operation device depending on whether the difference as the operated data sent from the data operation device exceeds the threshold.
2. The rotating electrical machine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the stator coil located at the slot outlet of the stator core includes a straight portion; and
wherein the vibration measuring accelerometer A is placed on the straight portion of the stator coil.
3. The rotating electrical machine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the vibration measuring accelerometer B is placed on the stator core in an area up to the slot adjacent to the stator coil having the vibration measuring accelerometer A, or placed on an upper part of the stator core including the wedge.
4. The rotating electrical machine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the vibration measuring accelerometer A and the vibration measuring accelerometer B have a measuring direction of vibrations that is a radial direction or a circumferential direction of the rotating electrical machine; and
wherein the vibration measuring accelerometer A and the vibration measuring accelerometer B measure the vibrations in a same direction with each other.
5. A diagnostic method for a rotating electrical machine including a stator, a rotor disposed on an inner side of the stator with a predetermined gap, a data storage device, a data operation device, and a measurement control device, the method comprising:
measuring a displacement or phase by vibration measuring accelerometers, each of the vibration measuring accelerometers placed on each of at least two members included in the stator, the members having different displacements or phases with each other; and
acquiring, via the data storage device, a relative displacement of one of the members included in the stator by evaluating, via the data operation device, a difference between displacements or phases measured by the vibration measuring accelerometers and measurement control device that has a predetermined threshold,
wherein the vibration measuring accelerometers include a vibration measuring accelerometer A placed on a member of the at least two members regarded as a movable body and a vibration measuring accelerometer B placed on a member of the at least two members regarded as a fixed body,
wherein the vibration measuring accelerometers measure the difference between a displacement or a phase measured by the vibration measuring accelerometer A and a displacement or a phase measured by the vibration measuring accelerometer B,
wherein the vibration measuring accelerometers defines the difference as a displacement of the member regarded as the movable body,
wherein the stator includes a stator core, a stator coil wound in a slot of the stator core, a wedge that fixes the stator coil into the slot, and a stator frame that supports and fixes the stator core,
wherein the stator includes a stator coil-end where the stator coil wound in the slot protrudes from an axial-direction end of the stator core in an axial direction,
wherein the vibration measuring accelerometer A is placed on the stator coil that is the member regarded as the movable body, the stator coil being at a slot outlet of the stator core,
wherein the vibration measuring accelerometer B is placed on the stator core that is the member regarded as the fixed body,
wherein the rotating electrical machine acquires a difference between displacements or phases measured by the vibration measuring accelerometer A and the vibration measuring accelerometer B, and defines the difference as a displacement of the stator coil at the slot outlet of the stator core,
wherein the vibration measuring accelerometer A and the vibration measuring accelerometer B are connected to the data storage device;
wherein the difference is operated by the data operation device that receives vibration data from the data storage device,
wherein the measurement control device evaluates the difference sent from the data operation device depending on whether the difference as the operated data sent from the data operation device exceeds the threshold.