Abstract :
TOTAL rectifier connected load of the Arvida Works Aluminum Company of Canada, Ltd., is 747,000 kw. Of this total 174,000 kw is supplied by multianode tank rectifiers, and 573,000 kw is supplied by single anode per tank ignitrons. Each unit of all types is made up of one transformer, and two tanks — in the case of the multianode single tank type — or two frames in the case of the ignitron.
