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Getting the most from power factor tip-up testing

April 2017
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Chase Fell
Precision Coil and Rotor

An ideal insulator allows no leakage current to flow. The power factor of an insulator is defined as the cosine of the phase angle between voltage and current. For an ideal insulator, the current leads the voltage by exactly 90 degrees and the power factor for this ideal system would be zero. Coil systems in electric motors and generators have inherent losses causing capacitive and resistive current flow. For this insulation, the power factor cannot be zero.

The power factor (PF) tip-up test is commonly used as a quality measurement for new coils and windings manufactured for AC motors and generators rated 6 kV and higher. For modern stator winding insulation systems, the power factor and the dielectric dissipation factor are very nearly the same. PF tip-up testing can be useful to verify the quality of the winding manufacturing process, insulation material performance, consolidation of conductors, uniformity of groundwall taping and state of resin curing. Once an insulation system reaches corona inception voltage (CIV), partial discharge (PD) will effectively short out some of the capacitance of the insulation and the power factor will increase. PF testing is applicable to individual vacuum pressure impregnation (VPI) coils and resin-rich coils as well as cured complete windings. Power factor tip-up testing is not applicable for bench testing of green VPI coils or evaluating pre-processed complete VPI windings.

The power factor tip-up test can be useful in the rewind shop to verify the quality of a newly-installed coil system including the effectiveness of VPI processing. PF testing of in-service windings can set a baseline measurement for maintenance trending. The in-service PF tip-up test can potentially identify groundwall insulation aging since the capacitance between the copper conductor and the core is generally reduced as delamination and/or air pockets become present in the insulation between the coils and the core.

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ANSI/EASA AR100

More information on this topic can be found in ANSI/EASA AR100

Section 4: Testing

EASA Technical Manual

More information on this topic can be found in EASA's Technical Manual

Section 2: AC Machines
Section 7: Electrical Testing

Related Reference and Training Materials

Principles of Medium & Large AC Motors (NEMA Standards)

Section 7: Stators
Section 12: Test & Inspection Procedures

Principles of Medium & Large AC Motors (IEC Standards)

Section 7: Stators
Section 12: Test & Inspection Procedures

Categories: AC motors, Stators/windings, Winding insulation, Alternators/generators, Testing, Motor testing

Tags: Winding insulation Motor testing Coils

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