The application of a gas-cooled arc to current conversion, with special reference to the Marx-type rectifier

This paper is an account of recent Continental developments associated with the gas-cooled arc and its applications to current-conversion problems. A brief survey is given of some of the physical phenomena of the arc under the special circumstances of the gas-cooled arc convertor.* The development and the construction of the main convertor equipment and its auxiliaries are described, and some test results are quoted. The adaptation of this convertor to suit polyphase and inverted working is discussed.