AC Resistance factor of litz-wire windings used in low-voltage high-power generators

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 693-700

  Hamalainen, Henry ^a   Pyrhonen, Juha ^a   Nerg, Janne ^a   Talvitie, Joonas ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Eddy currents; generator; litz wire; low voltage; proximity effect; skin effect

Indexed keywords

EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTRIC MACHINERY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMPREGNATION; SKIN EFFECT; WINDING; WIRE;

GENERATOR; HIGH-POWER GENERATORS; LITZ WIRES; LOW VOLTAGES; PRECISE MEASUREMENTS; PROXIMITY EFFECTS; RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; VACUUM PRESSURE IMPREGNATION;

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84882767266     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2013.2251735     Document Type: Article

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