Title :
Conversion equipment in the du Pont company
Author :
Houck, Harold E.
Author_Institution :
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Inc., Wilmington, Del
Abstract :
The apparatus for the conversion of a-c to d-c power in various plants of the du Pont Company has included rotary converters, motor generator sets, and mercury-arc rectifiers. Operation and maintenance of this equipment since the company´s first converters were installed in 1895 to present rectifier installations has provided much valuable experience and information.
Keywords :
Anodes; Brushes; Circuit breakers; Circuit faults; Fault currents; Phase transformers; Rectifiers;
Journal_Title :
Electrical Engineering
DOI :
10.1109/EE.1947.6443821
