A multilevel thyristor rectifier with improved power factor

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1208-1213

  Zargari, Navid R ^a   Xiao, Yuan ^b   Wu, Bin ^b  

^a ROCKWELL AUTOMATION   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ac drive; Medium voltage; Multilevel; Power factor; Thyristor bridge rectifier

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; THYRISTORS;

INPUT DISPLACEMENT FACTOR (IDF);

SOLID STATE RECTIFIERS;

EID: 0031233895     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/28.633798     Document Type: Article

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