• DocumentCode
    1466853
  • Title

    Field tests on a 100-megawatt rectifier installation

  • Author

    Dillard, J. K. ; Kiefer, John ; Hague, C. S.

  • Author_Institution
    Westinghouse Electric Corporation, East Pittsburgh, Pa.
  • Volume
    74
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1955
  • Firstpage
    122
  • Lastpage
    122
  • Abstract
    THE 100-megawatt rectifier station at the Robert P. Patterson Plant of the Reynolds Metals Company is the largest concentration of d-c power on a single bus in this country. Power for the plant is obtained from 24 double-Y ignitron rectifier assemblies, each rated at 5,208 amperes and 800 volts. In March 1954, an extensive field-test program, involving both load switching and arc backs, was conducted at this rectifier station.
  • Keywords
    Anodes; Cathodes; Circuit breakers; Fault currents; Rectifiers; Transient analysis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electrical Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0095-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/EE.1955.6439778
  • Filename
    6439778