Technical Evaluation and Practical Experience of High Power Grinding Mill Drives in Mining Applications

Conference Record - IAS Annual Meeting (IEEE Industry Applications Society)

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1629-1636

  Rodriguez J ^a   Pontt, J ^a   Newman, P ^a   Moran L ^b   Alzamora, G ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c Minera Los Pelambres Ltd   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cycloconverters; Gearless Motor Drives; LCI

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC MOTORS; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MINING; POWER CONVERTERS; THYRISTORS; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

CYCLOCONVERTERS; GEARLESS MOTOR DRIVES;

GRINDING MILLS;

EID: 0242507788     PISSN: 01972618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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