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Seeing the Invisible: Partial Discharge Imaging for Large Motors and Generators

  • July 2025
  • Number of views: 37
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Article

For service professionals working with large electric motors and generators, machines with voltage ratings 5 kV and higher can be vulnerable to invisible threats of partial discharge (PD). Corona and PD activity have long been a challenge to detect before failure occurs. Traditionally, detecting these issues required indirect methods like radio interference voltage (RIV) testing, ultrasonic detection or offline insulation tests. But recent advances in partial discharge imaging—sometimes called corona cameras—are giving engineers and technicians a powerful new tool: the ability to see electrical discharge activity directly and in real time. 

Viendo lo Invisible: Imágenes de Descargas Parciales en Motores y Generadores Grandes

  • July 2025
  • Number of views: 8
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Para los profesionales que trabajan con grandes motores y generadores eléctricos, las máquinas con tensiones nominales de 5 kV o superiores pueden ser vulnerables a amenazas invisibles de descargas parciales (DP). Detectar la actividad corona y las DP antes de que se produzca un fallo ha sido un desafío durante mucho tiempo. Tradicionalmente, detectar estos problemas requería métodos indirectos como pruebas de voltaje de radio interferencia (RIV), detección ultrasónica o pruebas de aislamiento a máquina parada. Sin embargo, los recientes avances en imágenes de descargas parciales, a veces llamadas cámaras corona, brindan a ingenieros y técnicos una nueva y poderosa herramienta: la capacidad de ver la actividad de descargas eléctricas directamente y en tiempo real.

Inverter Duty Motor Rewinding

  • April 2021
  • Number of views: 15936
  • Article rating: 1.7
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Webinar recording

This webinar recording reviews the failures associated with 3-phase motors on Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) and how to rewind to limit future failures.

Partial Discharge: Defining, Detecting and Correcting (Random and Form-Wound)

  • June 2012
  • Number of views: 6246
  • Article rating: No rating
Convention presentation

This paper describes partial discharge, explains how to detect it, and offers repair solutions.

Partial discharge: Understanding how it occurs, detecting its presence and corrective action

  • November 2011
  • Number of views: 4704
  • Article rating: 5.0
Article

Concerns about partial discharge (PD) used to be limited to repairers and users of machines rated over 7 kV. PD is a common consideration for machines rated 11 kV and higher. This article will describe PD, explain how to detect it, and offer repair solutions. Discussion includes:

  • What is partial discharge?
  • Air as an insulator
  • Can we fix it?
  • Detecting partial discharge
  • Monitoring partial discharge activity
  • Partial discharge in random windings

Rewind Tips for 2300-volt, Random-Wound Motors

  • October 2001
  • Number of views: 8729
  • Article rating: 5.0
Article

When rewinding a motor, the service center is restricted by the original design. Sometimes, we encounter a motor design we wish had never been developed. The random-wound, 2300-volt motor design falls into that category. The great challenge to the service center is in successfully rewinding this design while maintaining profit.

Getting The Most From Your Electric Motors

Getting The Most From Your Electric Motors - coverThis 40-page booklet provides great advice for obtaining the longest, most efficient and cost-effective operation from general and definite purpose electric motors.

This booklet covers topics such as:

  • Installation, startup and baseline information
  • Operational monitoring and maintenance
  • Motor and baseline installation data
  • How to read a motor nameplate
  • Motor storage recommendations

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EASA/AEMT Rewind Study

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The Effect of Repair/Rewinding on Premium Efficiency/IE3 Motors
Tests prove Premium Efficiency/IE3 Motors can be rewound without degrading efficiency.

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ANSI/EASA AR100-2020

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Recommended Practice for the Repair of Rotating Electrical Apparatus
This is a must-have guide to the repair of rotating electrical machines. Its purpose is to establish recommended practices in each step of the rotating electrical apparatus rewinding and rebuilding processes.

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EASA Technical Manual

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Revised May 2024
The EASA Technical Manual is the association's definitive and most complete publication. It's available FREE to members in an online format. Members can also download PDFs of the entire manual or individual sections.

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