| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 271611 | Fusion Engineering and Design | 2012 | 6 Pages |
This paper presents the current control method of thyristor converter which is applied to PF power supply in KSTAR [1]. The thyristor converter for PF superconducting coil is composed of two 6 pulse converters and each converter is connected in parallel using DC reactor to reduce voltage ripple, current rating of converter and harmonic components. For 4 quadrant operation, each 6 pulse converter has six arms of anti-paralleled thyristor device, back-to-back connection [2]. To apply this converter on KSTAR PF coil, stable coil current control is needed. Additionally, PF coil needs smooth current control without dead-time when current polarity changes and it is not easy in back-to-back thyristor converter. For this reason, zero crossing current control using circulating current and test results are introduced in this paper and it was satisfactory.
