• DocumentCode
    1194222
  • Title

    Three-Phase Static Power Supplies for Air-Conditioned Electric Coaches using High Power GTO

  • Author

    Jinzenji, Toshimasa ; Moriya, Fumiyasu ; Kanzaki, Takamasa ; Azuma, Makoto

  • Author_Institution
    Heavy Apparatus Engineering Laboratory, Fuchu Works, Toshiba Corporation, Toshiba-cho, Fuchu City, Tokyo 183, Japan.
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1981
  • fDate
    3/1/1981 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    179
  • Lastpage
    189
  • Abstract
    The electrical design, characteristics, construction, and test results of a 170-kVA static power supply using 2500-V 600-A gate turn-off (GTO) thyristors developed for a wide range of electric railway applications are discussed. This power supply is principally composed of a thyristor chopper at an elementary frequency of 360 Hz and three-phase gate turn-off thyristor inverters in the form of a twelve-phase bridge configuration. It is capable of stabilizing a 60-Hz ac voltage and twelve-phase waveform. The bulk and weight of this power supply are ascribed to the avoidance of an inverter commutating circuit, which contains parasitic thyristors, capacitors, and inductances. The applied strategy is derived from the trend of the state of the art regarding switching cells and commuter trains.
  • Keywords
    Bridge circuits; Choppers; Frequency; Inverters; Power supplies; Rail transportation; Switched capacitor circuits; Testing; Thyristors; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-9994
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TIA.1981.4503922
  • Filename
    4503922