A comparative study of AC/DC converters for high-power DC arc furnace

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 747-757

  Ladoux, Philippe ^a   Postiglione, Gianluca ^a   Foch, Henri ^a   Nuns, Jacques ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Direction des Etudes et Recherches   (France)

Author keywords

DC arc furnace; Dc power supply; Industrial applications; Power quality; Reduction of flicker effect; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CHOPPERS (CIRCUITS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FURNACES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; ELECTRIC WAVEFORMS; FLICKERING; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; PHASE CONTROL; POWER CONTROL; THYRISTORS; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

AC-DC CONVERTERS; DC ARC FURNACE; DC POWER SUPPLY; POWER QUALITY;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 21044436481     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2005.843941     Document Type: Article

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