Static var generator having a thyristor circuit arrangement providing reduced losses
CA 1208286 A · Owner: Westinghouse Electric Corporation · Inventors: Gyugyi, Laszlo
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This invention provides an auxiliary thyristor control circuit designed to insert a zinc oxide varistor in series with the capacitor bank of a static VAR generator for discharging the capacitor bank when the static VAR generator is subjected to high transient voltages.
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- Granted July 22, 1986. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended July 22, 2003.
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