Influence of saturation level on the effect of broken Bars in induction motors using fundamental electromagnetic laws and finite element simulations

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 557-564

  Sprooten, Jonathan ^a,b   Maun, Jean Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b Ecole des Hautes Etudes d'Ingenieur   (France)

Author keywords

Broken bars; Fault diagnosis; Finite element (FE) methods; Induction motors; Magnetic cores

Indexed keywords

BROKEN BAR; BROKEN BARS; FAULT DIAGNOSIS; FIELD ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT (FE) METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; SATURATION LEVELS; STATOR CURRENTS; VOLTAGE LEVELS;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; FAULT DETECTION; INDUCTION MOTORS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MAGNETIC CIRCUITS; MAGNETIC CORES; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MOTORS; STATORS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 70049109026     PISSN: 08858969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2009.2016126     Document Type: Article

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