A novel method to diagnose PWM-fed induction motors

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1313-1321

  Cavallini, Andrea ^a   Fabiani, Davide ^a   Montanari, Gian Carlo ^a  

^a Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Induction motor; Partial discharges; PWM inverter

Indexed keywords

AC MOTORS; COUNTING CIRCUITS; MOTORS; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; PULSE MODULATION; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION;

AC SUPPLIES; AUTOMOTIVE; AVIONICS APPLICATIONS; INVERTER-FED MOTORS; LOW-VOLTAGE; MOTOR TERMINALS; NEW TOOLS; NOVEL METHODS; PD MEASUREMENTS; PWM INVERTER; RELIABLE;

INDUCTION MOTORS;

EID: 54949095793     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2008.4656239     Document Type: Article

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