Impact of inverter drives employing fast-switching devices on form-wound AC machine stator coil stress grading

IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-28

  Espino Cortes, F P ^a   Cherney, E A ^b   Jayaram, S H ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fast transients; Form wound motor coils; Inverter drives; Stress grading

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC COILS; HIGH PASS FILTERS; STATORS; STRESSES; SUPERCONDUCTING TAPES;

CONDUCTIVE ARMOR TAPE; FORM-WOUND MOTOR COILS; INVERTER DRIVES; STRESS-GRADING SYSTEMS; STRESS-GRADING TAPE;

AC MACHINERY;

EID: 33847659656     PISSN: 08837554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEI.2007.288451     Document Type: Article

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