• DocumentCode
    1376265
  • Title

    Field tests on a 100-megawatt rectifier installation

  • Author

    Dillard, J. K. ; Kiefer, John ; Hague, C. S.

  • Author_Institution
    Westinghouse Electric Corporation, East Pittsburgh, Pa.
  • Volume
    74
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1955
  • fDate
    5/1/1955 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    245
  • Lastpage
    253
  • Abstract
    IN THIS paper results are presented from field tests made in March 1954 on the 100-megawatt ignitron rectifier station at the Robert P. Patterson plant, Arkadelphia, Ark., of the Reynolds Metals Company. Power from the rectifier station is used in the electrolytic reduction of aluminum, and all of the power is consumed on one aluminum potline. This is the largest concentration of d-c power on a single potline in this country.
  • Keywords
    Anodes; Assembly; Cathodes; Circuit breakers; Delay; Rectifiers; Switches;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Part I: Communication and Electronics, Transactions of the
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0097-2452
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TCE.1955.6372280
  • Filename
    6372280