• DocumentCode
    697740
  • Title

    Generalized analysis of line commutated converters and close relatives

  • Author

    Olivier, G. ; April, G.-E. ; Manias, S. ; Hadjri, C.Ismail El

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electrical Engineering Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, P.O. Box 6079, Station A Montréal, QC, Canada, H3C 3A7
  • fYear
    1987
  • fDate
    21-26 June 1987
  • Firstpage
    642
  • Lastpage
    649
  • Abstract
    Various schemes have been proposed to improve the power displacement factor and distortion of large ac to dc converters by using either free-wheeling diodes and thyristors or forced commutation devices operating at low frequency. This paper presents a generalized analysis of those converters and shows that various existing configurations can be considered as special cases of the generalized converter. Experimental results for the seven thyristor converter in inverter mode (with a single GTO) confirm the validity of the analysis.
  • Keywords
    Equations; Inverters; Reactive power; Rectifiers; Semiconductor diodes; Silicon compounds; Thyristors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 1987 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Blacksburg, VA, USA
  • ISSN
    0275-9306
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PESC.1987.7077237
  • Filename
    7077237