• DocumentCode
    1500214
  • Title

    Balancing reactors for semiconductor rectifiers

  • Author

    Dortort, I. K.

  • Author_Institution
    I-T-E Circuit Breaker Company, Philadelphia, Pa.
  • Volume
    77
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    1958
  • fDate
    7/1/1958 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    589
  • Lastpage
    589
  • Abstract
    THE ADVANTAGES of 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 in the case of mercury-arc rectifiers having more than one anode connected to each phase, the designer is faced with the problem of current unbalance between parallel elements.
  • Keywords
    Anodes; Force; Inductors; Rectifiers; Resistance; Semiconductor diodes; Temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electrical Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0095-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/EE.1958.6445190
  • Filename
    6445190