Effect of surge voltage risetime on the insulation of low-voltage machines fed by pwm converters

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 766-775

  Melfi, Mike ^a,b   Jason Sung, A M ^a,b,c   Bell, Sidney ^a,b,d   Skibinski, Gary L ^a,b,e  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Research Center   (United States)

^c BD Technologies   (United States)

^d Athens Motor Plant   (United States)

^e Allen Bradley Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Ac motor; Insulation; Pulsewidth modulated inverter; Rise time

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC MACHINE INSULATION; ELECTRIC WINDINGS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; TRANSISTORS; VARIABLE SPEED DRIVES; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS (IGBT); LOW VOLTAGE MACHINES; SURGE VOLTAGE RISETIME;

AC MOTORS;

EID: 0032120373     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/28.703971     Document Type: Article

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