Simplified design of common-mode chokes for reduction of motor ground currents in inverter drives

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2570-2577

  Muetze, Annette ^a   Sullivan, Charles R ^b  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

CM voltage; Common mode (CM) current; converter machine interactions; inductor design; variable speed drives

Indexed keywords

COMMONMODE; CONVERTER-MACHINE INTERACTION; DESIGN CALCULATIONS; FRAME SIZE; GROUND CURRENTS; INDUCTOR DESIGN; SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS; VOLTAGE RISE;

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; INDUSTRY;

DESIGN;

EID: 82055208628     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2011.2170101     Document Type: Article

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