Title :
Developments of high powered converters for railway traction vehicles
Author_Institution :
British Railways Board, Derby, UK
Abstract :
The author discusses the history of development of power converters for railway traction in Britain. He starts by discussing the mercury arc rectifier which was superceded by the silicon diode convertors. He then goes on to discuss thyristor converters, variable voltage variable frequency invertors for three phase drives, and fuses
Keywords :
electric fuses; electric locomotives; mercury arc rectifiers; power convertors; railways; thyristor applications; traction; Britain; fuses; high powered converters; mercury arc rectifier; railway traction vehicles; silicon diode convertors; three phase drives; thyristor converters; variable voltage variable frequency invertors;
Conference_Titel :
Very High Power Converter Devices and Applications, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
