{"title":"A comparative study between diode and thyristor based AC to DC converters for aluminium smelting process","authors":"Mohammed W. Ayoub, F. Robinson","doi":"10.1109/IEEEGCC.2013.6705851","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Aluminum smelting is one of the most energy consuming industrial processes involving AC-DC conversion using highpower rectifiers. An overview is provided of the most effective power-system configurations employed in this industry. The most reliable and stable rectifier-transformer solutions and their impact on the AC side of the power network are described. Diode- and thyristor-based rectifiers, or AC-DC power converter systems, are compared. Models of the configurations of systems used in the Dubai Aluminium Company smelter power plant are simulated and measured.","PeriodicalId":316751,"journal":{"name":"2013 7th IEEE GCC Conference and Exhibition (GCC)","volume":"97 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2013-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"5","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2013 7th IEEE GCC Conference and Exhibition (GCC)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEEGCC.2013.6705851","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Aluminum smelting is one of the most energy consuming industrial processes involving AC-DC conversion using highpower rectifiers. An overview is provided of the most effective power-system configurations employed in this industry. The most reliable and stable rectifier-transformer solutions and their impact on the AC side of the power network are described. Diode- and thyristor-based rectifiers, or AC-DC power converter systems, are compared. Models of the configurations of systems used in the Dubai Aluminium Company smelter power plant are simulated and measured.