Abstract: A short-circuit detection device for a rotating electric machine sets an order lower than a fundamental order of a slot harmonic wave as a threshold value, and reduces, among the plurality of frequency components, even-order frequency components having orders higher than the threshold value and odd-order frequency components, converts a plurality of frequency components output from the specific frequency component reduction unit into a voltage signal, generates a difference waveform of voltage signals respectively corresponding to adjacent magnetic poles, detects a short-circuit of a field winding based on a shape of the difference waveform, and estimates a short-circuit position of the field winding, and determines an estimation accuracy of the short-circuit position of the field winding based on a degree of symmetry of a waveform of a maximum wave with respect to a peak angle of the difference waveform serving as a center.

Abstract: The short-circuit detection device according to the present disclosure includes: a signal acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a magnetic flux detector configured to detect a magnetic flux generated in a gap between a rotor and a stator of a rotary electric machine, one detected signal based on the magnetic flux and set the one detected signal as a first detected signal and a second detected signal; a signal processing unit configured to perform frequency analysis on the first detected signal, and generate and decode a voltage signal simulating a voltage state assumed in a normal case; and a signal comparison unit configured to perform comparison between a decoded signal obtained through the decoding by the signal processing unit and the second detected signal transmitted from the signal acquisition unit, to detect a short-circuit in a field winding of the rotary electric machine.

Abstract: Provided is a short-circuit detection device including: a signal acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a magnetic flux detector configured to detect a magnetic flux generated in an air gap between a rotor and a stator of a rotating electric machine, a detection signal corresponding to the magnetic flux; a signal processing unit configured to subject the detection signal acquired by the signal acquisition unit to filtering of removing at least one component of odd-order components included in the detection signal, to thereby generate a filtered signal being the detection signal subjected to the filtering; and a short-circuit detection unit configured to detect a short circuit of a field winding through use of the filtered signal generated by the signal processing unit.

Abstract: Provided is a short-circuit detection device configured to detect a short circuit of a field winding wound in a plurality of rotor slots in a rotor of a rotating electric machine, the short-circuit detection device including: a signal conversion unit configured to convert a detection signal in which a circumferential distribution of a magnetic flux of the rotor is detected into an energy equivalent signal corresponding to a circumferential distribution of magnetic energy of the rotor; and a short-circuit detection unit configured to detect a rotor slot in which the short circuit has occurred through use of the energy equivalent signal.

Abstract: In a rotary electric machine, a rotor including a rotor shaft and a rotor main body provided to the rotor shaft. A baffle plate, which is fixed at a plurality of positions to an end portion of the rotor main body in the axial direction, and is configured to define an airflow passage for cooling gas. Further, the baffle plate is segmented into a plurality of baffle segments which are arrayed in a circumferential direction of the rotor. The baffle segments each include an overlapping portion which overlaps an adjacent baffle segment in an axial direction of the rotor.

Abstract: In a rotary electric machine, a rotor including a rotor shaft and a rotor main body provided to the rotor shaft. A baffle plate, which is fixed at a plurality of positions to an end portion of the rotor main body in the axial direction, and is configured to define an airflow passage for cooling gas. Further, the baffle plate is segmented into a plurality of baffle segments which are arrayed in a circumferential direction of the rotor. The baffle segments each include an overlapping portion which overlaps an adjacent baffle segment in an axial direction of the rotor.