A UHF technique for advanced PD measurements on inverter-fed motors

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2546-2556

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Impulse voltage; Insulation degradation; Offline partial discharge (PD) tests; Online PD tests; Partial discharges

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DEGRADATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); MOTORS; POWER QUALITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; TESTING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VARIABLE SPEED DRIVES;

ADJUSTABLE SPEED DRIVES; BROADBAND SENSORS; FILTER SYSTEMS; IMPULSE VOLTAGE; INSULATION DEGRADATION; INVERTER-FED MOTORS; OFFLINE; OFFLINE PARTIAL DISCHARGE (PD) TESTS; ONLINE PD TESTS; PARTIAL DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS; PD MEASUREMENTS; PD SIGNALS; POWER SUPPLIES; TESTING TECHNIQUES; UHF TECHNIQUES; WINDING INSULATIONS;

PARTIAL DISCHARGES;

EID: 57349084635     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2008.2002069     Document Type: Article

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