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Aditya Korde
Diagnostic Technologies India Pvt. Ltd.
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MOTOCARETM The MOTOCARETM advantage – no fault area left
uncovered!!
• DC Tests
Moisture ingress
Surface contamination
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MOTOCARETM What have we found?
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MOTOCARETM What are the typical faults detected?
Foundation
Problems
6%
Broken bars
8%
Unbalance
9% Misalignment Bad Bearings
11% 14%
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MOTOCARETM Typical ESA spectrum – rotor bar degradation
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MOTOCARETM Typical ESA spectrum – stator core degradation
Identical 410 KW motors. LHS is excellent, RHS had severe hot spots in the stator.
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MOTOCARETM Typical VA spectrum – motor with insufficient rigidity
1 6 .9 4 7 9
O /A ll 1 7 .2 2 8 m m /s r m s
R W P um p 5
M o to r N D E
R a d ia l 2
V e l F re q 1 6 0 0 H z
2 /6 /2 0 0 3 6 :2 1 :1 8 P M
O / A ll 1 . 9 8 9 m m / s r m s
9 8 3 .3 9 3 R P M
< a d d n o te >
- 0 .8 0 7
16
14
12
S t r o n g 1 X p e a k , in o n e R a d ia l d ir e c t io n o n ly . In d ic a t iv e o f la c k o f s t r u c t u r a l r ig id it y in t h is d ir e c t io n .
10
mm/s rms
6 R W P u m p 2
M o to r N D E
4 R a d ia l 2
V e l F re q 1 0 0 0 H z
2
2 /6 /2 0 0 3 3 : 5 2 : 0 0 P M
O /A ll 1 7 .2 2 8 m m /s r m s
5 8 8 .5 2 1 R P M
0
< a d d n o te >
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18
orders
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MOTOCARETM High vibration…. & no solutions!
• The rotor bars had recently been repaired, the rotor balanced &
bearings replaced. False brinelling marks were seen on the discarded
bearing.
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MOTOCARETM High vibration…. & no solutions (contd.)!!
• Brand new 2 MW, 2 pole motor had high vibration, over 9 mm/sec
uncoupled. Coupled vibration over 25 mm/sec, RMS.
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MOTOCARETM AE charts – faulty plain bearing
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MOTOCARETM AE charts – faulty bearing in a low speed motor
The 428 RPM CWP – 1A motor’s NDE bearing had a high DISTRESS™ reading, indicating
a faulty bearing. The same was confirmed on opening the motor.
(MSEB, Bhusaval)
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MOTOCARETM Tan delta curves – high moisture contamination & voids
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MOTOCARETM Tan Delta Curves – high grease/dirt contamination
(900 kW motor)
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MOTOCARETM Tan delta curves – severe deterioration & discharges
TAN DELTA CURVES FOR HYPER COMPRESSOR MOTORS CAPACITANCE CURVES FOR HYPER-COMPRESSOR MOTORS
4.5 116
4
114
3.5
112
CAPACITANCE (nF)
TAN DELTA (%)
110
2.5
1 1
1 1
- -
K K
B B
2
108
1.5
106
104
0.5
0 102
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5
11-KBX-203 motor has very high tip-ups, typical of severe deterioration. Failed 4 months later.
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MOTOCARETM MCA results – interturn short in synchronous motor’s rotor
• 5100 KW, 200 RPM Synchronous Motor – 30 rotor coils and 224 stator
coils.
• Manufacturer’s test report indicated that all new poles were with
healthy windings, having matching impedances.
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MOTOCARETM Internal discharges + Corona – 210 MW, 15.75 kV
Generator
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MOTOCARETM Insulation delamination & surface contamination –
30 MW , 11 kV Generator
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MOTOCARETM Poor contact between stress grading & slot corona
protection – 2.4 MW , 6.6 kV Motor
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