Insulation problems in medium-voltage stator coils under fast repetitive voltage pulses

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1004-1012

  Haq, Saeed Ul ^a   Jayaram, Shesha H ^a   Cherney, Edward A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adjustable speed drives; Converters; Dielectric heating; Groundwall insulation; Induction motor; Partial discharge (PD); Pulse voltage; Solid state switches

Indexed keywords

STATORS; SULFATE MINERALS;

ADJUSTABLE-SPEED DRIVES; CONVERTERS; DEGRADATION PROCESSING; DIELECTRIC HEATING; GROUNDWALL INSULATION; INDUCTION MOTOR; MEDIUM-VOLTAGE; PARTIAL DISCHARGE (PD); PULSE VOLTAGE; PULSE VOLTAGES; SOLID-STATE SWITCHES; STATOR COILS; TEST CONDITIONS; VOLTAGE PULSES;

PAPER;

EID: 49349104291     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2008.926305     Document Type: Article

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