Bearing wear caused by converter-induced bearing currents

IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 784-791

  Tischmacher, H ^a   Gattermann, S ^a   Kriese, M ^b   Wittek, E ^b  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

AC motors; Bearings; Capacitor motors; Electric breakdown; Inverters; Rotating machine; Simulation; Testing

Indexed keywords

BEARINGS; CAPACITOR MOTORS; INVERTERS; ROTATING MACHINE; SIMULATION;

AC GENERATOR MOTORS; AC MOTORS; CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS; ROTATING MACHINERY; ROTATION;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL);

EID: 78751539200     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IECON.2010.5675212     Document Type: Conference Paper

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