Analysis of the voltage distribution in a motor stator winding subjected to steep-fronted surge voltages by means of a multiconductor lossy transmission line model

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-17

  Petrarca, Carlo ^b   Maffucci, Antonio ^a   Tucci, Vincenzo ^c   Vitelli, Massimo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^d SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

AC motors; Electrical insulation; Pulse width modulation; Windings

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTRIC INSULATION; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROTORS (WINDINGS); SKIN EFFECT; STATORS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY; VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT;

MOTOR STATOR WINDING; MULTICONDUCTOR LOSSY TRANSMISSION LINE MODEL; SURGE VOLTAGES;

INDUCTION MOTORS;

EID: 1542285820     PISSN: 08858969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2003.821834     Document Type: Article

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