Losses in grid and inverter supplied induction machine drives

IEE Proceedings: Electric Power Applications

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 712-724

  Green, T C ^a   Hernandez Aramburo C A ^a   Smith, A C ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ELECTRIC WAVEFORMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION;

INDUCTION MACHINE DRIVES; INVERTER SUPPLY; POWER LOSSES; VARIABLE TIME STEP ALGORITHM;

ASYNCHRONOUS MACHINERY;

EID: 0346316979     PISSN: 13502352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-epa:20030848     Document Type: Article

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