High-power regenerative converter for ore transportation under failure conditions

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1411-1419

  Pontt, Jorge ^a   Rodríguez, José ^a   Huerta, Rodrigo ^b   Newman, Patricio ^a   Michel, Werner ^c   Argandoña, Cristián Lastra ^d  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^b EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^d Minera Escondida Limited   (Chile)

Author keywords

AC motor drives; Active front end rectifiers; Fault diagnosis; High power converters; Mining industry

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC DRIVES; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MINERAL INDUSTRY; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

AC MOTOR DRIVES; ACTIVE FRONT END RECTIFIERS; FAULT DIAGNOSIS; HIGH POWER REGENERATIVE CONVERTER; MINING INDUSTRY; ORE TRANSPORTATION;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 29244437584     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2005.858315     Document Type: Article

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