Comparison of environmental and life cycle impact of a switched reluctance motor drive and inverter-fed induction motor drives

Renewable Energy and Power Quality Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 260-264

  Andrada, P ^a   Blanque B ^a   Martinez E ^a   Perat, J I ^a   Sanchez J A ^a   Torrent, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Environmental; Induction motor; Life cycle assessment; Switched reluctance motors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864351534     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2172038X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.24084/repqj07.319     Document Type: Article

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