• DocumentCode
    1552061
  • Title

    Assuring continuous input current using a smoothing reactor in a thyristor frequency converter for induction metal melting and heating applications

  • Author

    Shenkman, Arieh ; Axelrod, Boris ; Chudnovsky, Vadim

  • Author_Institution
    Holon Acad. Inst. of Technol., Israel
  • Volume
    48
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    12/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1290
  • Lastpage
    1292
  • Abstract
    The approximate analysis of a thyristor frequency converter for induction heating and melting is described. The method for calculating the smoothing reactor inductance, which will provide the continuous mode of inverter input current operation, is proposed. The laboratory prototype of the above converter has been made and examined. The results of the experiments are in good agreement with the theoretical calculations
  • Keywords
    AC-AC power convertors; frequency convertors; induction heating; melting; metallurgical industries; thyristor convertors; AC/AC power conversion; continuous mode inverter input current operation; induction heating; induction melting; metal heating; metal melting; smoothing reactor inductance calculation; thyristor frequency converter; Frequency conversion; Inductance; Inductors; Inverters; Laboratories; RLC circuits; Rectifiers; Smoothing methods; Thyristors; Voltage control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0278-0046
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/41.969415
  • Filename
    969415