A simple, passive 24-pulse AC-DC converter with inherent load balancing

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 430-439

  Chivite Zabalza, F Javier ^a   Forsyth, Andrew J ^b   Trainer, David R ^c,d  

^a GOODRICH CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Goodrich Actuation Systems   (United Kingdom)

^d ROLLS ROYCE PLC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autotransformers; Rectifier bridges; Sinusoidal currents; Three phase multipulse rectifier circuit

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC AUTOTRANSFORMERS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; HARMONIC DISTORTION; RECTIFYING CIRCUITS;

RECTIFIER BRIDGES; SINUSOIDAL CURRENTS; THREE PHASE MULTIPULSE RECTIFIER CIRCUIT;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 33644894730     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2005.869754     Document Type: Article

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