A rotating diode failure is the most common electrical fault in brushless exciters. It brings a
safety hazard to the generator excitation system so that the whole unit is forced to be shut …

Accurate and timely fault diagnosis of the rotating rectifier in wound-rotor synchronous
starter-generator (WRSSG) plays an important role in improving the reliability of the WRSSG …

The most electrical energy in the world is produced by synchronous generators. Therefore, it
has always been important to condition monitor the power generators. One of key parts of …

The excitation system with a multiphase annular brushless exciter (MPABE) is widely used
in large-capacity nuclear power plants. However, in field operations, the rotating rectifier of …

This paper presents a method of fault features extraction based on the stacked auto-encoder
(SAE), and this method can be used to rotating rectifier diodes open-circuit fault detection of …

多相无刷励磁系统是大容量核电机组的首选励磁方式, 其整流二极管处于高速旋转状态,
在实际运行中二极管故障时有发生, 对二极管故障特征的准确把握是实现对其可靠灵敏保护的 …

The rotating rectifier is prone to be damaged in the exciter of the brushless excitation system,
wherein a diode open‐circuit fault which is common can affect the normal and safe …

Reliability and availability of synchronous generator in power plant is related to performance
of exciter system that is coupled mechanically and electrically to synchronous generator …

In multiphase brushless excitation systems of nuclear power plants, each phase of the
rotating rectifier is equipped with two parallel fuses to protect the rotating diode from …

Brushless excitation systems have many advantages mainly related to the low maintenance.
A failure in the rotating diodes leads to an increase in the exciter field current and an …