DEVELOPMENT OF MAIN RECTIFIERS FOR RAILWAY CARS

When JNR began to utilize alternating current traction in the 1950s, mercury-arc rectifiers were used. Later as semiconductor rectifiers were developed in high capacities, these compact units could be installed under the floors of electric cars. Silicon-rectifier thyristors and diodes are now highly developed and reliable, but JNR continues to look for further improvements.

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  Japan Railway Engineers' Association

  2-5-18 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku
  Tokyo,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • NUMANO, T
• Publication Date: 1978

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 15-16
• Serial:
  • Japanese Railway Engineering
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Japan Railway Engineers' Association
  • ISSN: 0448-8938

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electric automobiles; Electric locomotives; Electric power conditioning; Electric vehicles; Rectifiers; Semiconductors; Solid state devices; Thyristors
• Uncontrolled Terms: Propulsion systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Solid state
• Subject Areas: Energy; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00188081
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 27 1979 12:00AM