Mercury are rectifier has no moving parts, hence no frictional losses; efficiency of 95% lower than transformer's, but better than rotary converter's or motor converter's; improved grid control; fields of use other than in substations converting alternating to direct current.
Mercury arc rectifiers in traction
Ry Gaz
Railway Gazette ; 95 , n 6
1951
Article (Journal)
English
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