Power electronics and electrical insulation systems - Part 2: Life modeling for insulation design

IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 33-39

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

capacitor; electrical aging; harmonic distortion; inverse power model; PWM; rotating machine

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC STRENGTHS; ELECTRICAL AGING; ELECTRICAL APPARATUS; ELECTRICAL INSULATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRICAL STRESS; INSULATION DESIGN; INSULATION FAILURES; INSULATION SYSTEM; LIFE MODELING; POWER MODEL; PWM; ROTATING MACHINE; VOLTAGE ENDURANCE; VOLTAGE IMPULSE;

CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; HARMONIC DISTORTION; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; POWER ELECTRONICS; ROTATING MACHINERY; ROTATION; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955130682     PISSN: 08837554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEI.2010.5511187     Document Type: Article

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