• DocumentCode
    1376806
  • Title

    Current-balancing reactors for semiconductor rectifiers

  • Author

    Dortort, I. K.

  • Author_Institution
    I-T-E Circuit Breaker Company, Philadelphia, Pa.
  • Volume
    77
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1958
  • Firstpage
    452
  • Lastpage
    456
  • Abstract
    The advantages of the semiconductor diodes in certain applications of d-c power have led to the design and construction of rectifier units of very high current ratings, employing many diodes in parallel on each phase of the rectifier transformer. As with mercury-arc rectifiers with more than one anode connected to each phase, the designer is faced with the problem of current unbalance between parallel elements.
  • Keywords
    Anodes; Inductors; Iron; Magnetic cores; Magnetic flux; Rectifiers; Semiconductor diodes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Part I: Communication and Electronics, Transactions of the
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0097-2452
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TCE.1958.6372372
  • Filename
    6372372