Detecting turn shorts in rotor windings: A new test using magnetic flux monitoring

IEEE Industry Applications Magazine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 63-69

  Sasic, Mladen ^a   Stone, Greg C ^a   Stein, Jan ^b   Stinson, Chris ^c  

^a Iris Power LP   (Canada)

^b ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c AIR LIQUIDE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING PROCESS; AIR SEPARATION; BEARING VIBRATIONS; BRUSHLESS MOTORS; COMPRESSOR MOTOR; ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE; HYDRO-GENERATORS; LOAD CYCLING; MACHINE FAILURE; MAGNETIC FLUX MONITORING; OFF-LINE METHODS; OFFLINE TEST; ROTOR WINDINGS; SALIENT POLES; SHORTED TURNS; STATOR CORE; SYNCHRONIZING SYSTEM; TURN INSULATIONS; VOLTAGE SIGNALS;

BRUSHLESS DC MOTORS; HYDROELECTRIC GENERATORS; MAGNETIC FLUX; POLES; PROBES; SYNCHRONOUS MOTORS; TESTING; THERMAL AGING; WINDING;

ROTORS (WINDINGS);

EID: 84873994428     PISSN: 10772618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MIAS.2012.2215644     Document Type: Article

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