• DocumentCode
    949124
  • Title

    Copper die-cast rotor efficiency improvement and economic consideration

  • Author

    Lie, Sian ; Di Pietro, Carlo

  • Author_Institution
    Westinghouse Motor Co. Canada Ltd., Hamilton, Ont., Canada
  • Volume
    10
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    9/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    419
  • Lastpage
    424
  • Abstract
    Significant motor efficiency improvement can be achieved by substituting aluminum with copper die-cast rotor in a squirrel cage induction motor. This paper summarizes the experiments conducted by Westinghouse Motor Company Canada Ltd. in our copper die-cast rotor induction motors project
  • Keywords
    copper; economics; rotors; squirrel cage motors; Westinghouse Motor Company Canada; copper die-cast rotor; economics; motor efficiency improvement; rotor efficiency improvement; squirrel cage induction motor; Aluminum; Conducting materials; Copper; Costs; Electric motors; Helium; Induction motors; Manufacturing; Power generation economics; Rotors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Energy Conversion, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0885-8969
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/60.464863
  • Filename
    464863
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=949124