Influence of motor operating parameters on discharge bearing current activity

2010 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2010 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2739-2746

  Muetze, Annette ^a   Tamminen, Jussi ^b   Ahola, Jero ^b  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bearings (mechanical); Condition monitoring; Variable frequency drives

Indexed keywords

BEARING CURRENTS; BEARINGS (MECHANICAL); CHAINS OF INVERTERS; DAMAGE MECHANISM; DC-LINK VOLTAGES; FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCES; INVERTER SWITCHING FREQUENCY; MOTOR SHAFTS; MOTOR SPEED; NON-INTRUSIVE; OPERATING PARAMETERS; RUNNING TIME; TIME-SCALES; VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVES;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); CONDITION MONITORING; ENERGY CONVERSION; MECHANICAL DRIVES;

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS);

EID: 78650077241     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2010.5618064     Document Type: Conference Paper

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