Large low-speed hydro-generators - Unbalanced magnetic pulls and additional damper losses in eccentricity conditions

IET Electric Power Applications

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 657-664

  Keller, S ^a   Xuan, M Tu ^a   Simond, J J ^a   Schwery, A ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b ALSTOM SWITZERLAND LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMPING; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDROELECTRIC POWER;

ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT EQUATIONS; SIMULATION TIME; UNBALANCED MAGNETIC PULLS (UMP);

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

EID: 34548041593     PISSN: 17518660     EISSN: 17518679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-epa:20060504     Document Type: Article

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