OLIVEIRA, Roberto Célio Limão de2025-03-132011https://rigalileo.itegam.org.br/handle/123456789/542Synchronous generators are subjected to different stop situations, such as forced shutdowns, shutdowns due to external conditions, and scheduled shutdowns for corrective and preventive maintenance. The temperature variations to which the synchronous generator is subjected, especially in the stator, affect its insulation, which does not keep up with these constant changes due to different expansion coefficients. This work seeks to identify a trend in the progression of aging of the insulation of stator windings in machines that undergo repetitive starts and stops and remain with their reserve power off for many hours. The study was applied to the five synchronous generators of the Balbina hydroelectric plant, belonging to the Eletrobrás group, which presents this problem. This study confirms the partial discharge analysis tests of synchronous generators carried out periodically to diagnose problems in their stator windings that present different magnitudes and confirms the hypothesis that machines that present higher magnitudes of partial discharges in their stators are those that undergo more amounts of starts and stops and hours with reserve power off.Descargas parciaisGerador síncronoEnrolamentos estatóricosCiclo de partidas e paradasIsolamento elétricopdf.Engenharia Elétrica