Performance analysis of aluminum- and copper-rotor induction generators considering skin and thermal effects

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 181-192

  Hafiz, Khurshid ^a   Nanda, Gaurav ^a   Kar, Narayan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTOR MATERIALS; EQUIVALENT-CIRCUIT PARAMETERS; GRID-CONNECTED; INDUCTION GENERATOR; INDUCTION MACHINES; LOW COSTS; MACHINE PERFORMANCE; MATERIALS ENGINEERING; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; RECENT PROGRESS; SELF EXCITED INDUCTION GENERATORS; SQUIRREL-CAGE INDUCTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS;

ALUMINUM; ASYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; COPPER; MESH GENERATION; SKIN; SQUIRREL CAGE MOTORS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 72749084176     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2009.2034177     Document Type: Article

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