Study of slot partial discharges in air-cooled generators

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1675-1690

  Hudon, Claude ^a   Bélec, Mario ^a   Lévesque, Mélanie ^b  

^a HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gap size; Generator; Insulation; Semi conductive coating; Slot partial discharges; Stator bars; Temperature; Thermal expansion; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC MACHINE INSULATION; EXPERIMENTS; GALLIUM ALLOYS; STATORS; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMAL INSULATION; THERMAL SPRAYING; THERMAL STRESS;

GAP SIZE; GENERATOR; SEMI-CONDUCTIVE COATING; STATOR BARS; VIBRATION;

PARTIAL DISCHARGES;

EID: 58149116457     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2008.4712672     Document Type: Article

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