A POWERFUL AC-DC CONVERTER

Abstract

The difficulties in creating powerful rectifiers are mainly due to the fact that high voltage accumulates in the discharge gaps which undergo preliminary ionization; this decreases their electrical and rectifying strength. In the examined converter the air gaps (at a pressure of 5-10 abs atm) are not ionized, since with air pressure greater than 3 abs atm and voltages less than discharge voltages, there is no corona discharge. The converter consists of a transformer unit which creates a multiphase closed winding, a switching device, and rectifiers. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 17, 1961
Accession Number
AD0269638

Entities

People

  • N.s. Klimov

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Gaps
  • Air Pressure
  • Converters
  • High Voltage
  • Ionization
  • Rectifiers
  • Switching
  • Transformers
  • Voltage

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Plasma Physics.