Partial-discharge-inception testing on low-voltage motors

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 148-154

  Bogh, Dennis ^a   Coffee, Jeff ^b   Stone, Greg ^c   Custodio, Jim ^b  

^a General Electric Motors   (United States)

^b General Electric Motors   (United States)

^c Iris Power LP   (Canada)

Author keywords

MG1 Part 31; Motor insulation; Partial discharge inception voltage (PDIV)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INSULATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC WINDINGS; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; STATORS;

ADJUSTABLE-SPEED DRIVES (ASDS); MOTOR INSULATION; PARTIAL-DISCHARGE-INCEPTION VOLTAGE (PDIV); STATOR INSULATION SYSTEM;

ELECTRIC MOTORS;

EID: 32144444864     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2005.861369     Document Type: Review

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