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dual-supply back-to-back test [1 record]

Record 1 2023-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Electrical Measurements
  • Electric Rotary Machines
DEF

A test in which two identical machines are mechanically coupled together and the total losses of both machines are calculated from the difference between the electrical input of one machine and the electrical output of the other.

OBS

mechanical back-to-back test: term standardized by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) in its 50(411) standard published in 1996, but not included in the 2007 amendment.

OBS

dual-supply back-to-back test: term and definition standardized by the IEC.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Mesures électriques
  • Machines tournantes électriques
DEF

Essai dans lequel deux machines identiques sont couplées ensemble mécaniquement et les pertes totales des deux machines sont calculées par la différence entre la puissance électrique d'entrée d'une des machines et la puissance de sortie de l'autre.

OBS

essai en opposition : terme normalisé par la Commission électrotechnique internationale (CEI) dans sa norme 50(411) publiée en 1996, mais non repris dans l'amendement de 2007.

OBS

essai en opposition à double alimentation : terme et définition normalisés par la CEI.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fiabilidad y ensayos (Ingeniería)
  • Medición eléctrica
  • Máquinas rotativas eléctricas
DEF

Ensayo en el cual se acoplan mecánicamente dos máquinas idénticas, calculándose las pérdidas totales de las dos máquinas como la diferencia entre las potencias eléctricas que una absorbe y la otra suministra.

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