Due to the advantages of convenient installation and high reliability, insulated bearing is the main electric corrosion suppression measure used in rail transit, electric vehicles and many other industries. Although the insulated bearing has been proved to have good suppression effect on low frequency bearing current, the bearing current caused by frequency converter is mainly composed of high frequency components. At high frequency, the capacitor effect of the insulation coating is prominent, which constitutes the coupling path of bearing current, resulting in bearing electrical corrosion failure. To solve this problem, a kind of bearing current equivalent circuit model of motor-bearing coupling was established, and the inhibition mechanism, effect and influencing factors of insulated bearing on high frequency bearing current were analyzed, which provided a theoretical basis for the design of insulating bearing coating parameters.
Firstly, the mechanism of high frequency bearing current of variable frequency motor is analyzed, and a coupling model between motor and bearing is established to analyze the bearing voltage and bearing current. The bearing model takes into account the dynamic parameters of oil film, the equivalent impedance of insulation coating and the transient process of discharge breakdown. Secondly, taking a 190kW induction motor as an example, the stray capacitance of motor and equivalent capacitance of insulation coating were extracted by impedance test curve. Then, based on the equivalent circuit model, the suppression effect of the insulating coating on bearing voltage and bearing current under the condition of full film lubrication and discharge breakdown process was analyzed. The influence of the thickness and dielectric constant of insulating coating on the inhibition effect was studied by simulation. Finally, the bearing current test platform of the variable frequency motor was built, the variable frequency power supply test and the external bearing voltage test were designed to verify the accuracy of the model and analyze the actual suppression effect of the insulated bearing.
According to the simulation results, the bearing voltage and bearing current can be reduced by decreasing the dielectric constant or increasing the thickness of the insulating coating. However, in the condition of full film lubrication, the use of insulated bearings will not reduce the bearing partial voltage ratio (BVR) by more than 10%. The inhibition effect of insulated bearing on bearing current is affected by the breakdown resistance of bearing itself. When the breakdown resistance value is above 100Ω, the reduction of insulated bearing on bearing current is not more than 20%. The test results show that when ordinary bearings are used, the BVR is 5.35%~5.97%. When using insulated bearing, BVRiso is 5.04%~5.51%. When using ordinary bearings, the peak value of bearing current is distributed between 40-100mA; When the insulated bearing is used, the bearing current is all suppressed below 70mA, and the discharge activity is significantly lower than that of ordinary bearings.
The following conclusions can be drawn from simulation and test results: (1) When the lubricating oil film of the bearing is not broken down, the capacitance of the insulating bearing coating can share part of the bearing voltage, thus reducing the probability of the breakdown of the oil film, but the inhibition effect is limited in the condition of full film lubrication. (2) The inhibition effect of insulated bearing on bearing voltage is affected by the thickness and dielectric constant of insulating coating, and the thickness and material parameters of insulating coating can be designed according to the breakdown threshold of bearing voltage. (3) Increasing the capacitance of insulation coating can effectively reduce the bearing current after the breakdown of oil film. It can not only reduce the amplitude of bearing current, but also reduce the discharge activity. (4) The suppression effect of insulated bearing on bearing current is affected by the breakdown resistance. If the breakdown resistance is tested in different working conditions in advance, coating parameters can be designed according to the corresponding suppression target.
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