ABB Life Expectancy Analysis Program (ABB LEAP) for stator windings of high voltage rotating machines

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ABB LEAP facilitates the management of machine maintenance

ABB LEAP is much more than just a package of inspections: it is a systematic approach to maintenance management.
The materials and components of electrical machines are subject to thermal, electrical, ambient and mechanical stresses. This leads to a process of degradation as materials lose strength over time (blue curve). Operating stresses both steady state and transient are also present (red curve). At the point where the two curves cross, failure becomes imminent. ABB LEAP provides the information needed for timely action to re-position the red and blue curves. Appropriate maintenance can help to re-draw the red, and possibly even the blue curve, preventing premature failure and extending the life of the machine.
Strength Premature failure Failure Stress

Time

What makes ABB LEAP special is its ability to track the development of defects over time. As a result ABB LEAP can be directly integrated into a maintenance plan.
Confidence level

Analysis is performed at four levels depending on the opportunities for data collection over the machines lifetime.

90 75 60 45 30 15 0 Basic Standard Advanced Premium

ABB LEAP levels

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ABB LEAP offers real benefits

Optimizes maintenance planning for electrical machines Supports efforts to extend machine lifetime, boosting Return On Investment Facilitates decision making for long and short term maintenance and run-replace decisions, even when data can only be collected once Minimizes downtime at lower risk levels Provides inputs for life cycle cost estimation ABB offers a package of DC (PDCA) and AC (Non-Linear Insulation Behaviour, Partial Discharge and Tan Delta & Capacitance Analysis) measurements, to assess the condition of the stator winding.

Polarization-Depolarization Currents UVW PHASE Pol-Depol Currents (microAmp) 100 10 1 0,1 0,01 1 10 Time (sec) 100 1000

Instantaneous Capacitance Variations @ 8 kV 120 CAPACITANCE (Arbitrary Units) 100 80 60 40 20 0 -20 -40 -60 -80 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 Time (msecs) W - Phase 54 56 58 60 Time Stress Strength Premature failure Failure

U - Phase

V - Phase

UVW - Phase

Partial Discharge Pattern 5.2n 5.0n 4.5n 4.0n Amplitude (C) 3.5n 3.0n 2.5n 2.0n 1.5n 1.0n 500p 0.0 0 60 120 180 240 300 360 Phase ( ) 1 10 100 Counts
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Contact us

www.abb.com/motors&generators

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ABB LEAP brochure EN Rev B 2010

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