Wear rates and current distribution of carbon brushes on steel slip rings

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 835-840

  Skjølberg, Johan K ^a   Ohma, Håvar F ^b   Runde, Magne ^c,d  

^a Salvesen and Thams ^*  (Norway)

^b Siemens Oil and Gas Offshore AS   (Norway)

^c SINTEF ENERGY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brush wear; Carbon brushes; Current distribution; Steel slip rings

Indexed keywords

BRUSH WEAR; CARBON BRUSH; CIRCUMFERENTIAL VELOCITY; CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNETIZING CURRENT; MEAN CURRENTS; POSITIVE BRUSH; SLIP RINGS; WEAR RATES;

BRUSH CONDUCTORS; ELECTRIC CURRENT DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC MACHINERY;

BRUSHES;

EID: 70749137399     PISSN: 08858969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2009.2025416     Document Type: Article

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