Failure mechanism of winding insulations in inverter-fed motors

IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 18-23

  Yin, Weijun ^a  

^a Phelps Dodge   (United States)

Author keywords

Partial discharge; PWM; Rise time, dielectric heating; Turn insulation

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC DRIVES; ELECTRIC INSULATION; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; ELECTRIC WINDINGS; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

INVERTER FED MOTORS; MAGNET WIRES;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS;

EID: 0031276106     PISSN: 08837554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/57.637150     Document Type: Article

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