TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of a 50-60 Hz thermally switched superconducting rectifier
AU - Chevtchenko, O.A.
AU - ten Kate, H.H.J.
AU - Krooshoop, H.J.G.
AU - Markovsky, N.V.
AU - Mulder, G.B.J.
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - A full-wave thermally switched superconducting rectifier, able to operate directly from the mains at the 50-60-Hz frequency, has been developed. Typical design output values of this device are a current of 300 A, a voltage of up to 1 V, an average power of up to 100 VA, and an efficiency better than 95%. The rectification is achieved by means of fast-response switches and an iron core transformer. A simple and reliable algorithm for the rectifier operation, based on the measured current change across the switches, was developed and tested while powering a small magnet. The new features of the rectifier allow for a simplification of the construction and a significant reduction of cost, mass, and volume
AB - A full-wave thermally switched superconducting rectifier, able to operate directly from the mains at the 50-60-Hz frequency, has been developed. Typical design output values of this device are a current of 300 A, a voltage of up to 1 V, an average power of up to 100 VA, and an efficiency better than 95%. The rectification is achieved by means of fast-response switches and an iron core transformer. A simple and reliable algorithm for the rectifier operation, based on the measured current change across the switches, was developed and tested while powering a small magnet. The new features of the rectifier allow for a simplification of the construction and a significant reduction of cost, mass, and volume
U2 - 10.1109/77.233774
DO - 10.1109/77.233774
M3 - Article
VL - 3
SP - 590
EP - 593
JO - IEEE transactions on applied superconductivity
JF - IEEE transactions on applied superconductivity
SN - 1051-8223
IS - 1
T2 - 1992 Applied Superconductivity Conference, ASC 1992
Y2 - 23 August 1992 through 28 August 1992
ER -