The arc converter, sometimes called the arc transmitter, or Poulsen arc after Danish engineer Valdemar Poulsen who invented it in 1903, was a variety...
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Voltage-sourced converters are made with switching devices that can be turned both on and off. Line-commutated converters (LCC) used mercury-arc valves until...
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High-voltage direct current (redirect from Voltage Source Converter)
the two original converters (using mercury-arc valves) were parallel-switched feeding the same pole and a new third (thyristor) converter installed with...
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A rotary converter is a type of electrical machine which acts as a mechanical rectifier, inverter or frequency converter. Rotary converters were used to...
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have been used. Converters using thyristors or mercury-arc valves are known as line commutated converters. In thyristor-based converters, many thyristors...
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electric arc Arc welding, a welding process that is used to join metal to metal Arc-fault circuit interrupter, a specialized circuit breaker Arc converter, a...
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financially unsuccessful. Poulsen developed an arc converter transmitter in 1903, referred to as the "Poulsen Arc Transmitter", which was widely used for audio...
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HVDC Inter-Island (section Converter stations)
continued use of the existing mercury arc valve converter equipment alongside new solid-state thyristor converter stations. The scope of work included:...
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A buck converter or step-down converter is a DC-to-DC converter which decreases voltage, while increasing current, from its input (supply) to its output...
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The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, often called simply the Arc de Triomphe, is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, France, standing at the western...
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