Calculation of bearing and common-mode voltages for the prediction of bearing failures caused by EDM currents

SDEMPED 2011 - 8th IEEE Symposium on Diagnostics for Electrical Machines, Power Electronics and Drives

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 462-467

  Magdun, Oliver ^a   Gemeinder, Yves ^a   Binder, Andreas ^a   Reis, Kersten ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bearing voltage; Common mode voltage; Electric breakdown; Failure analyses; Variable speed drives

Indexed keywords

AC MACHINE; BEARING FAILURES; BEARING SURFACES; BEARING VOLTAGE; COMMON MODE VOLTAGE; EDM CURRENT; INDUCED VOLTAGES; NEUTRAL POINTS; SIMULATION SOFTWARE; STATOR WINDING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DRIVES; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC MACHINERY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; POWER ELECTRONICS; WINDING;

ELECTRIC WINDINGS;

EID: 81255196931     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DEMPED.2011.6063664     Document Type: Conference Paper

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