COMBINED ELECTROTHERMAL FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF TURBINE-GENERATORS

ABSTRACT In this paper a hybrid finite element analysis is presented for solving the combined magnetic field and temperature distribution problem in a slice of a stator core on open-circuit operation. A two-dimensional nonlinear finite element magnetic field model is used to obtain the core losses and a three-dimensional finite element model with triangular, rectangular and trapezoidal elements is employed for determining the temperatures. The temperature distribution obtained by the method presented in this paper is compared with factory tests on a large Turbine-Generator