Rewinding Careful rewinding can sometimes maintain generator efficiency at previous levels, but in most cases results in efficiency

losses. Rewinding can affect a number of factors that contribute to deteriorated generator efficiency: winding and slot design, winding material, insulation performance, and operating temperature. For example, when heat is applied to strip old windings the insulation between laminations can be damaged, thereby increasing eddy current losses. A change in the air gap may affect power factor and output torque. However, if proper measures are taken, the generator efficiency can be maintained after rewinding, and in some cases efficiency can even be improved by changing the winding design. Using wires of greater cross section, slot size permitting, would reduce stator losses and thereby increasing efficiency. However, it is recommended to maintain the original design of the generator during the rewind, unless there are specific load-related reasons for redesign. The impact of rewinding on generator efficiency and power factor can be easily assessed if the

no-load losses of a generator are known before and after rewinding. Information of no-load losses and no-load speed can be found in documentation of generators obtained at the time of purchase. An indicator of the success of rewinding is the comparison of no load current and stator resistance per phase of a rewound generator with the original no-load current and stator resistance at the same voltage. Standard for the Repair and Rewinding of AC Electric Motors in the Petroleum, Chemical, and Process Industries

high temperature superconducting generator (HTS) Generators lose power in the rotor windings and in the armature bars. By using superconducting wire for the field windings, these losses can be practically eliminated. The fields created in the armature by the rotor are not limited by the saturation characteristics of iron and the armatures are constructed without iron teeth. This removes the losses experienced in the armature teeth. The added space for copper in the armature made possible by the removal of the armature teeth further reduces losses. The iron core concept has significant advantages over air core designs. The rotor consists of a cold superconducting field coil and coil supports and a warm iron core, which takes the torque and transmits to the shafts. Sivasubramaniam, K.; Xianrui Huang; Ryan, D.; Weeber, K.; Bray, J.W.; Laskaris, E.T.; Tomaino, L.; Fogarty, J.M.; Ashworth, S.; Gen. Electr. Global Res. Center, Niskayuna, NY, USA.