INVESTIGATION OF SILICON CONTROLLED RECTIFIERS FOR STATIC POWER CONVERSION

Abstract

A qualitative comparison is made of seven f ndamental silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) power inverter systems categorized by their regulation method. Treatment is given to filtering, loading, impedance, and efficiency characteristics, to commutation requirements and radio interference suppression techniques, and to subcircuit requirements. Experimental evaluation is conducted of basic series and parallel inverter systems. A 1000 VA regulated SCR parallel inverter is designed and breadboarded and preliminary qualification tests (regulation, loading, efficiency and distortion) are presented. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 20, 1961
Accession Number
AD0260786

Entities

People

  • G.p. Underbrink

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Conversion
  • Distortion
  • Efficiency
  • Electronic Equipment
  • Filtration
  • Impedance
  • Inverters
  • Power Converters
  • Qualifications
  • Radio Interference
  • Rectifiers
  • Regulations
  • Silicon Controlled Rectifiers

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

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