Impact of Static Air-Gap Eccentricity Fault on Synchronous Generator Efficiency

Abstract

This paper presents a precise analysis of the efficiency characteristic of the synchronous generator under both normal and SAGE conditions. In this work, various losses of the synchronous generator are computed by the qualitative theoretical model and the finite element analysis in detail. Further, the generator efficiency model is proposed according to the relationship between the output power and the loss. The presented model is verified in a 5-kW non-salient synchronous generator. The result demonstrates that the loss increases and the efficiency reduce as the SAGE intensifies.

Keywords

• synchronous generator
• static air-gap eccentricity
• loss
• efficiency
• FEA