Magnetic effects of DC signal injection on induction motors for thermal evaluation of stator windings

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1479-1489

  Zhang, Pinjia ^a   Du, Yi ^b   Habetler, Thomas G ^b   Lu, Bin ^c  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c EATON CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

AC motor; condition monitoring; dc signal; induction motor; motor model; saturation; stator resistance; stator temperature; thermal protection; thermal stress

Indexed keywords

DC SIGNAL; MOTOR MODEL; SATURATION; STATOR RESISTANCE; THERMAL PROTECTION;

AC GENERATOR MOTORS; AC MOTORS; CONDITION MONITORING; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ESTIMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETISM; SATURATION MAGNETIZATION; STATORS; THERMAL STRESS; THERMOELASTICITY; TRANSFORMER WINDINGS; WINDING;

INDUCTION MOTORS;

EID: 79954527325     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2010.2089935     Document Type: Article

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