Development of a new off-line test procedure for low voltage rotating machines fed by adjustable speed drives (ASD)

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 168-175

  Bidan, P ^a   Lebey, T ^a   Neacsu, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b Moteurs Leroy Somer   (France)

Author keywords

Adjustable speed drive (ASD); Asynchronous machines; Insulating materials; Partial discharge (PD); PD detectors; Premature failure

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INSULATING MATERIALS; ELECTRIC WINDINGS; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; VARIABLE SPEED DRIVES; VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT;

ADJUSTABLE SPEED DRIVES; LOW VOLTAGE ASYNCHRONOUS MOTORS; PREMATURE FAILURE;

INDUCTION MOTORS;

EID: 0037300762     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2003.1176584     Document Type: Article

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