PRESENT STATE AND FUTURE PROSPECTS OF POWER ELECTRONICS IN THE CKD ELEKTROTECHNIKA CZECHOSLOVAK PLANT PRODUCING DRIVES FOR DEPENDENT-TRACTION LOCOMOTIVES

SOUCASNY STAV A PERSPEKTIVA VYKONOVE ELEKTRONIKY CKD ELEKTROTECHNIKA PRO POHONY EL. LOKOMOTI ZAVISLE TRAKCE

The power semiconductor technique used in the last fifteen years in traction circuits of electric vehicles has substantially affected the approach to their general design. The article describes the history of development of high-power semiconductor converters for dc and ac system vehicles as well as the present and future design.

• Corporate Authors:

  Statni Nakladatelstvi Technicke Literatury

  Spalena 51
  113 02 Prague 1, ZZ Czechoslovakia   
• Authors:
  • Capek, M
  • Jirmar, V
  • Rejent, J
• Publication Date: 1979

Language

• Czech

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 519-524
• Serial:
  • Elektrotechnicky Obzor
  • Volume: 68
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: SNTL - Publishers of Technical Literature

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electric locomotives; Electric power conditioning; Electronic control; Railroad electrification; Semiconductors; Solid state devices
• Uncontrolled Terms: Propulsion systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Solid state
• Subject Areas: Energy; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00312446
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 16 1980 12:00AM