The termSCRstands for silicon controlled rectifier which is one of the most important members of thethyristor family. It is more popular than the other Thyristors likeTRIAC, SCS,DIAC, etc. that some people even use the words Thyristor and SCR interchangeably. So next time when someone says jus...
The speed of DC motor has been controlled by controlling the armaturevoltage by using thyristors. The armature voltage is controlled by using thedifferent types of AC to DC semiconductor converters such as half waveconverter, semi converter and full wave converter by using thyristor-diodes.This ...
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Most of these CSIs are thyristor based, since thyristors of higher ratings are easily available. These being load commutated apparatus a start-up circuit is needed to initiate commutation. In this paper the design and fabrication of two laboratory prototypes have been presented. The first one, a...