INDIA SUMMARY Owing to the maintenance problem like the frequent replacement of worn-out brushes and slip ring due to sparking/fire of static excitation system, led to development of brushless excitation system. Several manufacturers have used brushless type exciter for small turbo as well as hydro generators. A few suppliers also opted for brushless exciter in large ratings of turbo-generator. The paper appraises on NTPC experience on failures of brushless exciters and associated issues like generation loss, OEM dependency and availability of spares. The high initial response and other performance characteristic advantages due to elimination of machine time constants have been summarized. As the designs of slip ring assembly in Static Excitation have been established during past decades, it is high time to review the selection criteria for large generator excitation system. All parts except brush-gear assembly are stationary in this scheme and hence the ageing rate of components/ equipments is lower. An additional bearing support for slip-ring shaft and availability of high quality of brushes has now improved the system reliability. In comparison, the brushless exciter envisages the complete power circuit on the shaft rotating at 3000 rpm and this assembly is subjected to high mechanical stresses continuously. Generally, electrical failures in machines are caused by mechanical stresses, like abrasion of the insulation, loosening of winding due to vibration, de-lamination of exciter winding insulation due to varying conductor temperatures and opening of poorly brazed joints due to forces arising from revolving electromagnetic field on flexible connection. The large number of rotating parts in this assembly (diodes, fuses, long flexible links on AC side and rigid links on DC side of rectifiers etc.) is prone to dislodging and thereby causing extensive damage toDiscover the world's research
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