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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2020
Applicant:
Abb Schweiz Ag, Baden, CH;
Inventor:
Peter Karl Steimer, Ehrendingen, CH;
Assignee:
ABB Schweiz AG, Baden, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 1/02 (2006.01); H02M 1/12 (2006.01); H02M 1/36 (2007.01); H02M 5/12 (2006.01); H02M 7/483 (2007.01); H05B 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/12 (2013.01); H02M 1/126 (2013.01); H02M 1/36 (2013.01); H02M 5/12 (2013.01); H02M 7/4835 (2021.05);
Abstract
A power supply system for an electric arc furnace includes an AC input connectable to an electrical grid and an AC output for supplying at least one power electrode of the arc furnace. The power supply system further includes a converter circuit interconnected between the AC input and the AC output. The converter circuit includes at least one converter cell with a capacitor and semiconductor switches for series connecting the capacitor between a circuit input and a circuit output of the converter circuit.