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Proceeding of International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems 2007, Oct. 8~11, Seoul, Korea Analysis of forces on coil ends of formed stator windings Yuj ing Liu Department of Power Technologies, ABB AB, Corporate Research, 72 1 78 V?ster?s, Sweden Stig Hj ?rne Department of Turbo-generator, Alstom Power, 72 1 76 V?ster?s, Sweden Abstract — An end-winding model in 3D FEM is built for investigation of magnitudes, distributions, and variations of the II. 3D FEM MODEL electromagnetic forces on coil ends of formed stator winding under both load and short-circuit. The results from the A . Examp le machine calculations on a turbo-generator under nominal load show that The investigated machine is a 2-poles turbo-generator the radial force varies very much in circumferential direction and always tends to expand the stator windings. The forces between installed in a nuclear power station in Sweden. different coils can be either attracting or repellent, which depends 1 Rated data: apparent power S 635 MVA; voltage U n n on the phases of the coils. In the sudden 3-phase short-circuit, the 2 1.5 kV; stator current In 17.05 kA; power factor cos maximum positive torque is more than 20 times higher than in the 0.85; field current Ifn 7.59 kA. rated case and the total torque on coil ends can reach 15 % of the 2 Machine p arameters: number of stator slots Q1 30; main rated torque of the machine. The maximum of forces on one of 10 support bolts in the example machine may reach 52 kN at a stator winding pitch Y1 12; number of rotor slots Q2 24. half period after short-circuiting. The supporting and fastening system on coil ends consist of three categories Fig. 1 . 10 thick supporting bolts are circumferentially I. INTRODUCTION placed against radial force. In design of large-scale electrical machines, for example, Many fastening bolts are used to keep the