Title :
Recovery in a multigrid rectifier
Author :
Lloyd, O. ; Fernando, C.E.
Author_Institution :
Central Electricity Generating Board, Marchwood Engineering Laboratories, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
Simultaneous recovery of grading grids has been observed in a multigrid mercury-arc valve without the appearance of grid discharges in the recovery period. From this work it is concluded that a compact valve exhibiting rapid deionisation and recovery to potentials in excess of 250kV may be feasible. Such a valve could readily find applications for h.v.d.c. power transmission and for high-power modulators.
Keywords :
mercury arc rectifiers;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19680398
