Improved cooling in the end region of a strip-wound totally enclosed fan-cooled induction electric machine

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3517-3524

  Micallef, Christopher ^a   Pickering, Stephen J ^b   Simmons, Kathy A ^b   Bradley, Keith J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooling; Eectric machines; End winding; Totally enclosed fan cooled (TEFC)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC MACHINERY; ELECTRIC WINDINGS; HEAT RESISTANCE; INDUCTION MOTORS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUIDS; EECTRIC MACHINES; ELECTRIC MACHINES; END REGIONS; END WINDING; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; MODELING; THERMAL RESISTANCES; TOTALLY ENCLOSED; TOTALLY ENCLOSED FAN COOLED (TEFC);

COOLING;

EID: 54249102237     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2008.2003101     Document Type: Article

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