Power electronics and electrical insulation systems - Part 1: Phenomenology overview

IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 7-15

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accelerated degradation; Insulation aging; Partial discharge; Power converter; Voltage distortion

Indexed keywords

AC NETWORKS; ACCELERATED AGING; ACCELERATED DEGRADATION; ADJUSTABLE SPEED DRIVES; CORONA-RESISTANT; ELECTRICAL INSULATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRICAL MACHINE; ELECTRICAL NETWORKS; FAST ELECTRONICS; HARMONIC COMPONENTS; HIGH FREQUENCY; HIGH SLEW RATES; IEC STANDARDS; INSULATION AGING; INSULATION FAILURES; INSULATION SYSTEM; NEW MATERIAL; NON-SINUSOIDAL VOLTAGE; ON CURRENTS; ORGANIC/INORGANIC; POWER ELECTRONIC CONVERTERS; POWER FREQUENCY; POWER-LOSSES; REPETITION FREQUENCY; VOLTAGE DISTORTIONS; VOLTAGE WAVEFORMS; WAVE FORMS;

DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC DISTORTION; ELECTRIC MACHINERY; ELECTRIC WIRE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; POWER CONVERTERS; POWER ELECTRONICS; VARIABLE SPEED DRIVES;

INSULATION;

EID: 77953548851     PISSN: 08837554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEI.2010.5482783     Document Type: Article

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