Preventing leakage in water-cooled stator windings (Phase 2). Final report

An easy and inexpensive method for controlling corrosion of strand-to-clip connections in the stator cooling systems of electrical generators might be to deaerate the stator cooling water. This project was begun to determine the feasibility of this approach, with Phase 2 specifically focused on establishing an understanding of the dependence of the copper strand corrosion on preliminary corrosion of the braze material.