Off-line PD testing of converter-fed wire-wound motors: When IEC TS 60034-18-41 may fail?

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1385-1395

  Cavallini, A ^a   Lindell, E ^a   Montanari, G C ^a   Tozzi, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b TechImp Spa   (Italy)

Author keywords

Converter; Impulsive voltage; Partial discharges; PWM; Square voltage; Testing; Turn insulation

Indexed keywords

CONVERTER; IMPULSIVE VOLTAGE; PWM; SQUARE VOLTAGE; TURN INSULATION;

TESTING;

PARTIAL DISCHARGES;

EID: 77957336520     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2010.5595540     Document Type: Article

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