METHOD OF INSULATING A MOTOR

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of insulating a motor, comprising: providing a impregnating resin; heating up the motor windings with electricity to 100-120° C., and potting the motor windings with the impregnating resin for 2-5 min at that temperature; heating up the motor windings with electricity to 140-160° C., and trickling the impregnating resin for 3-8 min for insulation; heating up the motor windings with electricity to 165-175° C., and curing for 15-45 min. The method of insulating a motor provided by the present invention has a higher resin filling level and a higher resin utilization rate, as well as faster curing speed.

Claims

1. A method of insulating a motor, comprising: providing a impregnating resin; heating up the motor winding with electricity to 100-120° C., and potting the motor winding with the impregnating resin for 2-5 min at that temperature; heating up the motor winding with electricity to 140-160° C., and trickling the impregnating resin for 3-8 min for insulation; heating up the motor winding with electricity to 165-175° C., and curing for 15-45 min.

2. A method of insulating a motor according to claim 1, wherein the potting temperature is 110-120° C., the trickling temperature is 150-155° C., and the curing temperature is 168-173° C.

3. A method of insulating a motor according to claim 1, wherein preheating the motor windings to 100-125° C. for 3-8 min before the potting process.

4. A method of insulating a motor according to claim 1, wherein the impregnating resin comprises: 20-55 wt % of polyesterimide resin; 4-20 wt % of modified epoxy resin; 3-10 wt % of curing agent; 25-45 wt % of active monomers; 10-30 wt % of inorganic filler; 0.03-0.1 wt % of polymerization inhibitor; 0.06-2.5 wt % of initiator; 0.01-2 wt % of additives.

5. A method of insulating a motor according to claim 4, wherein polyesterimide resin is unsaturated polyesterimide resin; the modified epoxy resin is the esterification reactant of bisphenol A epoxy resin and/or bisphenol F epoxy resin reacting with single or multiple components of acrylic acid, maleic anhydride, methyl hexahydrophthalic anhydride, tetrahydrophthalic anhydride; or/and, the modified epoxy resin is the chain extension reaction product of bisphenol A epoxy resin and/or bisphenol F epoxy resin reacting with polyhydric alcohols; the curing agent is one or multiple components of curing agent 594, tung oleic anhydride and nadic anhydride; the active monomer is one or multiple components of 1,4-butanediol dimethacrylate , diethylene glycol dimethacrylate, dipropylene glycol dimethacrylate, 1,6-hexadiol dimethacrylate, trimethylol propane triacrylate; the inorganic filler is one or multiple components of silicon dioxide, aluminum oxide, boron nitride and mica powder, and the particle size of the inorganic filler is at micron level and/or nano level; the polymerization inhibitor is tert-butylcatechol; the initiator is one or multiple components of diisopropylbenzene peroxide, 2,2-bis (tert-butylperoxide) butane, benzoyl peroxide, and 1,1-bis (tert-amyl peroxide) cyclohexane; the additive is one or multiple components of additives KH550, BYK103, Deqian 904S, and cobalt naphthenate.

6. A method of insulating a motor according to claim 4, wherein the impregnating resin comprises: 25-40 wt % of polyesterimide resin; 4-10 wt % of modified epoxy resin; 3-6 wt % of curing agent; 30-35 wt % of active monomers; 20-25 wt % of inorganic filler; 0.03-0.1 wt % of polymerization inhibitor; 0.06-2.5 wt % of initiator; 0.01-2 wt % of additives.

7. A method of insulating a motor according to claim 4, wherein the preparation method of the impregnating resin comprises: (1) heating the polyesterimine resin to 100-110° C., adding the modified epoxy resin with evenly stirring, and then cooling to 60° C. and below, adding the active monomer, the polymerization inhibitor, the additives, after that stirring evenly to obtain a resin mixture; (2) adding the resin mixture obtained in step (1) to the kettle mixer, setting the stirring speed at 1000˜2000 r/min for homogeneous emulsification, and adding the inorganic filler to the kettle mixer to stir and disperse, then changing speed to 6000-13000 r/min to stir and emulsify for 2-3 h with the temperature controlled below 60° C.; (3) after homogeneous emulsifying reducing the stirring speed to 500-1000 r/min, cooling down to the temperature below 45° C., adding the curing agent and the initiator to stir and disperse for 1-2 h to obtain the impregnating resin.

8. A method of insulating a motor according to claim 4, wherein the gel time of the impregnating resin at 100±2° C. is less than 30 min; after 96 h storage at 50° C., the viscosity increase factor at 23±1° C. is less than 0.2 times.

9. A method of insulating a motor according to claim 1, wherein the motor winding is a stator winding of a new energy electric vehicle motor.

10. A method of insulating a motor according to claim 1, wherein the utilization rate of the impregnating resin is greater than 90%.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0033] The present invention will be further described below in conjunction with the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the following embodiments

[0034] The sources of raw materials in the following embodiments and comparative examples are as follows.

[0035] The polyesterimine resin is JF-956 polyesterimine resin purchased from Suzhou Jufeng Electrical Insulation System Co Ltd. The preparation method of tung oleic anhydride is as follows: adding 80 kg tung oil to the reaction kettle to stirring and heat to 100° C.; then vacuumizing for 0.5 h; after cooling to 80° C. adding 20 kg maleic anhydride; and then heating to 150-160° C., keeping at 150-160° C. to react for 2 h; after that cooling down to a temperature below 80° C. to discharge and obtain the tung oleic anhydride resin.

[0036] The preparation method of acrylic modified epoxy ester is as follows: adding 623 kg of KG128 epoxy resin to the reaction kettle with heating and stirring, and vacuumizing for 0.5 h at 125±5° C. (vacuum pressure value is above 0.088 MPa); releasing the vacuum, and adding 58 kg of acrylic acid, 0.21 kg of chromium acetyl acetonate, 0.19 kg of hydroquinone to the reaction kettle; and then heating up to 135-140° C., keeping at 135-140° C. to react for 0.5 h; sampling to test the acid value, when the acid value is less than 3 KOHmg/g, cooling down to a temperature below 125° C. and adding 22 kg of aluminum acetyl acetonate to the reaction kettle; after that turning on the vacuum pump, keeping pumping for 10-15 min at 115-120° C. under the vacuum pressure above 0.088 Mpa; after all the reactants are melting; cooling down to a temperature below 60° C. to discharge and obtain the acrylic modified epoxy ester.

[0037] The preparation method of acrylic acid-maleic anhydride modified epoxy ester is as follows: adding 500 kg of 128 epoxy resin into the reaction kettle to heat up and stir; vacuumizing for 0.5 h at 130±5° C. (vacuum pressure value is above 0.088 MPa); releasing the vacuum, and adding 38 kg of acrylic acid, 0.09 kg of N,N-dimethylbenzylamine, 0.11 kg of hydroquinone, and then heating up to 135-140° C. to keep warm for 0.5 h; after that sampling to test the acid value, when the acid value is below 3 KOHmg/g, cooling down to 135° C. to add 23 kg of maleic anhydride; after reacting at 125-130° C. for 20 min, sampling to test the acid value, when the acid value is below 20 KOHmg/g, vacuumizing for 20 min under the vacuum pressure of 0.088 MPa, and then sampling to detect the acid value, when the acid value is below 10 KOHmg/g, ending the reaction; cooling down to 125° C. and adding 15 kg of aluminum acetyl acetonate, then turning on the vacuum pump to vacuumizing for 10-15 min at 115-120° C. under the vacuum pressure above 0.088 MPa; after all the reactants are melting, cooling down to 60° C. to discharge and obtain acrylic acid-maleic anhydride modified epoxy resin.

Embodiment 1

[0038] The present embodiment took the motor stator of a renewable energy electric vehicle with a center height of 132 mm as an example. The steps of insulation treatment are as follows:

[0039] (1) lifting the stator with a lifting device, connecting the windings to electricity, preheating to 120° C. and keep warm for 5 min; (2) heating up the winding to 120° C., and potting the stator (motor winding) with the impregnating resin for 3 min at 120° C.; (3) heating up the winding to 150° C., and trickling the impregnating resin for 5 min for insulation; (4) heating up the winding to 170° C., and curing for 20 min; (5) after disassembling the stator and cooling naturally, the stator was impregnated and insulated.

[0040] The aforesaid impregnating resin was prepared as follows:

[0041] (1) mixing 358 kg of 105° C. polyesterimine resin with 60 kg of acrylic modified epoxy resin, and stirring for 15 min, then cooling down to 60° C., and then adding 320 kg of 1,4-butanediol dimethacrylate and 0.6 kg of tert-butylcatechol, and 10 kg of additive KH550 to stir 30 min to obtain a resin mixture;

[0042] (2) adding the resin mixture into a kettle mixer, setting the stirring speed at 1500 r/min to stir the mixture, and gradually adding 100 kg of 3000-mesh spherical aluminum oxide and 100 kg of 8000-mesh silicon dioxide to stir and disperse; after that changing the stirring speed to 6500 r/min to homogeneously emulsifying and dispersing for 2.5 h, meanwhile cooling the inner wall of the kettle mixer with cooling water to control the temperature of the resin mixture below 60° C.;

[0043] (3) after homogeneously emulsifying and dispersing, reducing the stirring speed to 800 r/min, and cooling down to a temperature below 45° C. through cooling water, and then adding 30 kg of curing agent 594, 13 kg of dicumyl peroxide, 3 kg of 2,2-bis (tert-butylperoxide) butane, 0.9 kg of 8% cobalt naphthenate solution to stir and disperse for 2 h, after filtering by a 1000-mesh filter screen and packaging to obtain the impregnating resin.

Embodiment 2

[0044] The present embodiment took the motor stator of a renewable energy electric vehicle with a center height of 132 mm as an example. The steps of insulation treatment are as follows:

[0045] (1) lifting the stator with a lifting device, connecting the windings to electricity, preheating to 115° C. and keep warm for 6 min; (2) heating up the winding to 115° C., and potting the stator with the impregnating resin for 4 min at 115° C.; (3) heating up the winding to 150° C., and trickling the impregnating resin for 5 min for insulation; (4) heating up the winding to 168° C., and curing for 23 min; (5) after disassembling the stator and cooling naturally, the stator was impregnated and insulated.

[0046] The aforesaid impregnating resin was prepared as follows:

[0047] (1) mixing 380 kg of 110° C. polyesterimine resin with 50 kg of acrylic acid-maleic anhydride modified epoxy resin and stirring for 20 min, then cooling down to 59° C., and then adding 280 kg of 1,4-butanediol dimethacrylate and 40 kg of diethylene glycol dimethacrylate, 0.8 kg of tert-butylcatechol, and 12 kg of BYK103 to stir 35 min to obtain a resin mixture;

[0048] (2) adding the resin mixture into a kettle mixer, setting the stirring speed at 1350 r/min to stir the mixture, and gradually adding 200 kg of 8000-mesh aluminium oxide and 20 kg of 5000-mesh boron nitride to stir and disperse; after that changing the stirring speed to 8500 r/min to homogeneously emulsifying and dispersing for 3 h, meanwhile cooling the inner wall of the kettle mixer with cooling water to control the temperature of the resin mixture below 60° C.;

[0049] (3) after homogeneously emulsifying and dispersing, reducing the stirring speed to 600 r/min, and cooling down to a temperature below 45° C. through cooling water, and then adding 50 kg of tung oil anhydride, 10 kg of dicumyl peroxide, 3 kg of benzoyl peroxide, 0.8 kg of 8% cobalt naphthenate solution to stir and disperse for 2 h, after filtering by a 1000-mesh filter screen and packaging to obtain the impregnating resin.

Embodiment 3

[0050] The present embodiment took the motor stator of a renewable energy electric vehicle with a center height of 132 mm as an example. The steps of insulation treatment are as follows:

[0051] (1) lifting the stator with a lifting device, connecting the winding to electricity, preheating to 118° C. and keep warm for 6 min; (2) heating up the winding to 110° C., and potting the stator with the impregnating resin for 4 min at 110° C.; (3) heating up the winding to 155° C., and trickling the impregnating resin for 4 min for insulation; (4) heating up the winding to 173° C., and curing for 28 min; (5) after disassembling the stator and cooling naturally, the stator was impregnated and insulated.

[0052] The aforesaid impregnating resin was prepared as follows:

[0053] (1) mixing 300 kg of 100° C. polyesterimine resin with 80 kg of acrylic modified epoxy resin and stirring for 20 min, then cooling down to 60° C., and then adding 150 kg of 1,4-butanediol dimethacrylate and 180 kg of diethylene glycol dimethacrylate, 0.6 kg of tert-butylcatechol, and 13 kg of disponer904S to stir 30 min to obtain a resin mixture;

[0054] (2) adding the resin mixture into a kettle mixer, setting the stirring speed at 1580 r/min to stir the mixture, and gradually adding 155 kg of 6000-mesh aluminium oxide and 80 kg of 5000-mesh Mica powder to stir and disperse; after that changing the stirring speed to 8000 r/min to homogeneously emulsifying and dispersing for 2 h, meanwhile cooling the inner wall of the kettle mixer with cooling water to control the temperature of the resin mixture below 60° C.;

[0055] (3) after homogeneously emulsifying and dispersing, reducing the stirring speed to 750 r/min, and cooling down to a temperature below 45° C. through cooling water, and then adding 10 kg of curing agent 594, 50 kg of tung oil anhydride, 13 kg of 1,1-bis (tertiary amyl peroxy) cyclohexane, 1.1 kg of 8% cobalt naphthenate solution to stir and disperse for 2.5 h, after filtering by a 1000-mesh filter screen and packaging to obtain the impregnating resin.

Comparative Example 1

[0056] Comparative example 1 provided a vacuum pressure impregnating technology applied on the motor stator of a renewable energy electric vehicle with a center height of 132 mm, and the vacuum pressure impregnating technology comprises:

[0057] (1) preheating the stator in a 100° C. oven for 30 min, and then cooling down until the stator core was below 50° C.; (2) lifting the stator into a impregnation tank for impregnation, vacuumizing to 5000 Pa, and maintaining 5000 Pa for 20 min; (3) transferring the impregnating resin from a paint storage tank to the impregnation tank to ensure the impregnating resin rise to 10 cm over the top of the stator, after that impregnating for 10 min, then vacuumizing to 0.3 MPa and maintaining 0.3 MPa for 20 min; (4) releasing the vacuum to the atmosphere pressure, and then lifting the stator from the impregnation tank to trickle for 25 min; (5) transferring the stator to the 150° C. oven to cure for 5 h; (6) turning off the oven and cooling naturally to obtain the insulated stator.

[0058] The aforesaid impregnating resin was prepared as follows:

[0059] mixing 480 kg of 110° C. polyesterimine resin with 100 kg of acrylic modified epoxy resin and stirring for 20 min, then cooling down to 60° C., and then adding 403 kg of 1,4-butanediol dimethacrylate to evenly stir, after cooling to a temperature below 45° C., adding 15 kg of diisopropylbenzene peroxide, 1 kg of 8% cobalt naphthenate solution, and 0.6 kg of tert-butylcatechol to stir for 35 min, after filtering by a 1000-mesh filter screen and packaging, obtaining a low-volatility polyesterimine impregnating resin.

Comparative Example 2

[0060] Comparative example 2 provided a vacuum pressure impregnating technology applied on the motor stator of a renewable energy electric vehicle with a center height of 132 mm. The process for the vacuum pressure impregnating technology of comparative example 2 was the same with that of the comparative example 1, whereas the preparation method for the impregnating resin was different, which comprised:

[0061] mixing 520 kg of 106° C. polyesterimine resin with 80 kg of acrylic acid-maleic anhydride modified epoxy resin, stirring for 20 min, and cooling down to 60° C., and then adding 382 kg of styrene to stir evenly, after cooling down to a temperature below 45° C., adding 13 kg of diisopropylbenzene peroxide, 1 kg of 8% cobalt naphthenate solution, 0.5 kg of tert-butylcatechol, stirring for 35 min until uniform, after filtering by a 1000-mesh filter screen and packaging, obtaining the polyesterimine impregnating resin.

[0062] The performances of the impregnated stators of Embodiments 1 to 3 and Comparative Examples 1 to 2 were tested, and the results are shown in Table 1:

TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Performance Comparison of the Impregnated Stator Performance Measurement Embodiment Embodiment Embodiment Comparative Comparative indicator Unit 1 2 3 Example 1 Example 2 Impregnating Resin g 531 510 556 136 130 Filling Weight Resin % 98.65 98.36 98.96 68.65 65.82 Utilization Rate Ground PDIV kV 1.29 1.28 1.32 1.16 1.09 (Power Frequency Voltage) Corona- h:min 332:26 316:53 329:18 228:35 183:29 Resistance life

[0063] The test method for impregnating resin filling weight is: weighing the stator before insulation and noting for m.sub.1, weighing the stator after insulation and noting for m.sub.2, the value of m.sub.2−m.sub.1 is the impregnating resin filling weight. The impregnating resin filling weight indicates the impregnating resin filling level, the more the impregnating resin filling weight, the higher the impregnating resin filling level is.

[0064] The test method for impregnating resin utilization rate is: the weight of the impregnating resin after insulation (the impregnating resin filling weight)/the weight of the impregnating resin before insulation×100%.

[0065] The test method for PDIV is: measuring the three phase-to-earth partial discharge inception voltage for the stator on the MPD 600 partial discharge analysis system under 50 Hz.

[0066] The corona-resistance life of the impregnated stator was tested on the corona-resistance life analysis device for insulation structure under the conditions that: 3000 v of voltage, 10 kHz of frequency, 200 ns of pulse time, and 180° C. of temperature.

[0067] The performances of the impregnating resins of Embodiments 1 to 3 and Comparative Examples 1 to 2 were tested, and the results are shown in Table 2:

TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 Performance Comparison of the Impregnating Resin Performance Measurement Embodiment Embodiment Embodiment Comparative Comparative Indicator Unit 1 2 3 Example 1 Example 2 Viscosity mPa .Math. s 2180 2350 2230 2280 2130 (25 ± 2° C.) Curing Volatile % 0.75 0.69 0.70 1.13 10.56 (150 ± 2° C., 2 h) Gel Time100 ± min: s 13:52 15:35 13:26 35:53 46:23 2° C. Adhesive Strength N 226 239 256 186 156 (Normality, Helical Coil method) Breakdown Voltage kV/mm 26.35 27.26 25.51 24.19 23.35 (Normality) Electrical resistivity Ω .Math. m 6.5 × 10.sup.14 7.35 × 10.sup.14 5.32 × 10.sup.14 3.16 × 10.sup.14 3.35 × 10.sup.14 (Normality) Storage Stability fold 0.12 0.15 0.16 0.23 0.39 (50° C., 96 h) Thermal Conductivity W/(m .Math. K) 0.52 0.55 0.61 0.19 0.20 (Normality)

[0068] Insulating resin performance tests were referring to GB/T 15022.2-2017 resin-based active compounds for electrical insulation—Part 2, in which viscosity was tested according to GB/T 24148.4, storage stability was basically tested according to GB/T 15022.2-2017, only storage temperature is changed to 50° C.

[0069] The foregoing description has been made on several embodiments of this invention which are relatively specific and detailed, however the invention is not limited thereto. It should be further understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention are protected by this invention. Therefore, the scope of protection for this invention shall be subject to the appended claims.