Analysis of the endwinding cooling effects in TEFC induction motors

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1214-1222

  Boglietti, Aldo ^a   Cavagnino, Andrea ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endwinding cooling; Forced convection heat exchange; Thermal analysis; Totally enclosed fan cooled (TEFC) induction motors

Indexed keywords

COOLING; ELECTRIC WINDINGS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ENDWINDING COOLING; MOTOR OVERTEMPERATURE; TOTALLY ENCLOSED FAN-COOLED INDUCTION MOTORS;

INDUCTION MOTORS;

EID: 35348825648     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2007.904399     Document Type: Article

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