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Thyristor Selection Analysis for ITER Poloidal Field Converter Module

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Thyristor is the key component for the PF converter module, which is directly to affect the operation performance of the PF converter. This paper mainly presents the analysis of the thyristor type and its parallel number selection used in the PF converter module, based on two worst fault conditions of the PF converter, two different analysis methods are applied to calculate the parallel number of three types of preselected thyristors in details, and the characteristic tests of the preselected thyristors have been done and compared, according to the results of the analysis and test of the preselected thyristors, the proper type and parallel number of the thyristor are chosen and used in the full scale prototype of the PF converter module.

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The authors would like to express the gratitude to the engineers from the semiconductor companies and our colleagues for their helpful discussion and suggestion.

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  1. Post Doctoral Station of Electrical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, 230009, China

    Zhiquan Song & Xing Zhang

  2. Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Science (ASIPP), P.O. Box 1126, Hefei, 230031, Anhui Province, China

    Zhiquan Song & Peng Fu

  3. China International Nuclear Fusion Energy Program Execution Center, Beijing, China

    Lin Dong, Min Wang & Tongzhen Fang

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Song, Z., Zhang, X., Fu, P. et al. Thyristor Selection Analysis for ITER Poloidal Field Converter Module. J Fusion Energ 34, 620–628 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10894-015-9856-0

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