Eccentrically mounted rotor pack and its influence on the vibration and noise of an asynchronous generator

Abstract

Time-varying magnetic forces are the main source of vibrations in rotating electrical machines. A number of papers dealing with computational modelling of the dynamic behaviour of rotating electrical machines have been published. Almost all of these papers do not consider electro-mechanical interaction between the stator and the rotor of the machine. A computational model including electro-mechanical interaction is proposed in this paper. The influence of the air gap eccentricity due to eccentric mounting of the rotor pack on the shaft of the rotor is investigated. Electromagnetic coupled-field analysis was performed to obtain the dependence of the magnetic forces, which act on the stator and the rotor pack, on the time and air gap eccentricity. Attention has been paid to the air gap eccentricity due to the interaction between the stator and the rotor and the influence of the air gap eccentricity on the vibration and sound power of the machine. The obtained results show that the air gap eccentricity affects the amplitude spectrum of the magnetic forces. This change of amplitude spectrum causes a significant increase in the torsional vibration of the stator of the examined machine. The air gap eccentricity is also significantly reflected in the trajectory of the rotor centre line and radial load of bearings in the machine.