A review on electrical machines insulation aging and its relation to the power electronics arrangements with emphasis on wind turbine generators

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1748-1752

  Danikas, Michael G ^a   Karlis, Athanasios ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Power electronics; Rotating machine insulation; Wind turbines

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL MACHINE; INSULATING SYSTEM; INSULATION AGING; ROTATING MACHINE INSULATION; WAVE FORMS; WIND GENERATORS; WIND TURBINE GENERATORS;

ELECTRIC MACHINERY; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ROTATING MACHINERY; ROTATION; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 79751527144     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2010.12.003     Document Type: Review

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