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Shaft torsional oscillations of hydrogenerators

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5509871

The report describes efforts to analyze, model, and instrument the shaft torsional oscillations of electric generators. The mechanics of the shaft torsional modes are presented through the defining analytical equations from which block diagram and analog computer representation of shaft torsional systems have been developed. Results of an analog study of the torsional mode of a hydrogenerator as well as calculated data for several Bureau of Reclamation hydrogenerators are presented. An instrumentation system which employes shaft-mounted strain gages to provide a torsional signal has been developed for direct field measurement of the torsional behavior of hydrogenerator shafts. The design and circuit configuration of that instrumentation system are presented. Results from field measurements of the shaft torsional oscillations at three sites are also presented.

Research Organization:
Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO (USA)
OSTI ID:
5509871
Report Number(s):
PB-102155
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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