SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING BEARING INSULATION AND GROUND BRUSH HEALTH IN A GENERATOR

• Main Authors: Wagoner, Robert Gregory, Jha, Kapil, Mukherjee, Rupam, Tiwari, Arvind Kumar, Huh, Kum Kang
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 06.10.2022
• Subjects: CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORSOR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; CONTROLLING TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES; ELECTRICITY; GENERATION; MEASURING; MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES; PHYSICS; TESTING

A method for preventing damage in a bearing of a generator of an electrical power system includes monitoring one or more electrical signals of a power conversion assembly of the electrical power system. The method also includes estimating an impedance path of common mode current from a terminal to g...