The effect of surge testing on the voltage endurance life of stator coils

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 120-126

  Dymond, James H ^a,b   Stranges, Meredith K W ^a   Stranges, Nick ^a  

^a General Electric Company Canada   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coils; Dielectric; Failures; Finite element analysis (FEA); Green; Hipot; Surge test; Unimpregnated; Winding

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC INSULATION TESTING; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC SURGES; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MACHINE WINDINGS; STATORS;

GREEN COILS; SURGE TESTING; UNIMPREGNATED; VOLTAGE ENDURANCE;

ELECTRIC COILS;

EID: 13844254143     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2004.841018     Document Type: Article

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