Cycloconverters and cycloconverter-fed drives : A review

Journal of the Indian Institute of Science

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 397-419

  Chattopadhyay, Ajit K ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cycloconverters; Drives; Induction motor drives; Power Electronics; Synchronous motor drives

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; INDUCTION MOTORS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; POWER ELECTRONICS; SYNCHRONOUS MOTORS; VARIABLE SPEED DRIVES;

CYCLOCONVERTER FED DRIVES; CYCLOCONVERTERS;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 0031221360     PISSN: 09704140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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