Experimental assessment of end region cooling arrangements in induction motor endwindings

IET Electric Power Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 203-209

  Boglietti, A ^a   Cavagnino, A ^a   Staton, D A ^b   Popescu, M ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b MOTOR DESIGN LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING EFFECTS; END REGIONS; END RING; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT; TEST BENCHES; TEST PROCEDURES; THERMAL MODEL; THERMAL NETWORK; THERMAL RESISTANCE; THERMAL TRANSFER;

INDUCTION MOTORS; TESTING;

COOLING;

EID: 79956316886     PISSN: 17518660     EISSN: 17518679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-epa.2010.0176     Document Type: Article

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