Dielectric Response of SiC-based Stress Grading Material Used in Electrical Machines

Sammanfattning: High Voltage (HV) rotating machines are widely used in power generation and heavy industry companies. Silicon Carbide (SiC) material is used in the stress grading structure of HV electric machines because of its non-linear characteristic. In this thesis, the resistance characteristics of SiC-based stress grading tape in time domain and the dielectric parameters in frequency domain were measured. The measurement results of samples with axial current-direction in time domain and frequency domain are about ten times that of the samples with radial current-direction, which might be a feature of the tape construction although it also can depend on the measurement method. The finite element method (FEM) simulation of the coil insulation system was carried out by using the experimental parameters, and the results were compared with the actual measurement results. The calculation results show that the non-linearity of SiC-based material does not have much effect on the real part of frequency response of the whole coil. The relative difference of the real part of complex capacitance is less than 5%. However, the influence on the imaginary part is relatively large, the relative difference is about 4% - 60%.