Partial discharges in twisted-pair magnet wires subject to multilevel PWM pulses

• Published in: IEEE transactions on dielectrics and electrical insulation Vol. 24; no. 4; pp. 2203 - 2210
• Main Authors: Florkowski, Marek, Blaszczyk, Pawel, Klimczak, Pawel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 2017; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Cables; Converters; Electric field strength; Electric potential; Electric utilities; Electronic devices; Energy conversion; Filtration; Frequency modulation; Harmonic distortion; Industrial applications; Insulation; Multilevel; multilevel converters; partial discharge inception; Partial discharges; power electronics switching; Process parameters; Pulse width modulation; Switches; Wires

Researchers and designers of insulation systems are facing new challenges due to the ubiquitous presence of power electronics devices in power conversion applications across various voltage levels. The stresses applied to insulation systems by power electronic devices require new approaches for eval...