The development of the commercial mercury arc rectifier is outlined briefly in this paper and the advantages which led to its adoption in a double-unit automatic station recently installed by the Los Angeles Railway are given. A report is made of the very satisfactory operation which has resulted. There is a description of the station, and the methods of operation and maintenance are presented.


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    Title :

    Abridgment of automatic mercury arc power rectifier: Substation on the Los Angeles railway


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Journal of the A.I.E.E. ; 47 , 10 ; 715-718


    Publication date :

    1928-10-01


    Size :

    1410732 byte




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English