Operating experience of shovel drives for mining applications

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 664-671

  Rodríguez, José ^a   Morán, Luis ^b   Pontt, Jorge ^a   Espinoza, José ^b   Díaz, Rodrigo ^c   Silva, Eduardo ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c Minera Escondida Limited   (Chile)

Author keywords

AC drives; Active front end (AFE); Dc drives; Mining; Shovels

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; KINETIC ENERGY; MINING EQUIPMENT; POTENTIAL ENERGY; REACTIVE POWER; THYRISTORS; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

ACTIVE FRONT END; ELECTRIC POWER CONSUMPTION; GATE-TURN-OFF THYRISTORS; SHOVEL DRIVES;

SHOVELS;

EID: 2342529760     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2004.824508     Document Type: Article

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