An introduction to the study of magnetic amplifiers

The magnetic amplifier is a device employing saturable reactors as its basic element. The theory or magnetic amplifiers is developed from the standpoint of rectangular hysteresis loops that are simplified in such a manner as to eliminate the problems of nonlinearity. The saturable reactor may be connected in either series or parallel combinations and their operation analyzed on the basis of voltage, current, and flux waveforms. The characteristics or the saturable reactor circuits may be enhanced by the addition of feedback. Feedback is accomplished either by magnetic means using additional windings, or by self-saturation in which rectifiers are used to secure feedback. The result is a device in which a small amount of power can effectively be used to control larger amounts of power.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Electrical Engineering

Department dc:contributor.department

Electrical Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Year dc:date.issued

1959

Author dc:creator

• Gordon, John Petersen

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• In Copyright

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• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10919/71340

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oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/71340