When solving the problems of electric power quality the converters with high power factor are useful for the DC arc furnace power supply. In this paper, resonant converters of 50(60) Hz AC to DC are described, where in each period of network voltage t...
When solving the problems of electric power quality the converters with high power factor are useful for the DC arc furnace power supply. In this paper, resonant converters of 50(60) Hz AC to DC are described, where in each period of network voltage the capacitor and inductor of an oscillatory circuit are switched from series into parallel and vice versa parametrically. The duration of series and parallel connection and also the transformation ratio are dependent on load. Parallel oscillatory circuit restricts the short circuit current. These converters have high power factor from no-load to short-circuit and fit very well to supply arc furnaces.