mercury-arc rectifier equipment
1Rectifier — A rectifier is an electrical device that converts alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC), a process known as rectification. Rectifiers have many uses including as components of power supplies and as detectors of radio signals. Rectifiers …
2Mercury switch — A Single Pole, Single Throw (SPST) mercury switch on millimetre graph paper …
3High-voltage direct current — HVDC or high voltage, direct current electric power transmission systems contrast with the more common alternating current systems as a means for the bulk transmission of electrical power. The modern form of HVDC transmission uses technology… …
4RMA tube designation — In the years 1942 1944, the Radio Manufacturers Association used a descriptive nomenclature system for industrial, transmitting, and special purpose vacuum tubes. The numbering scheme was distinct from both the numbering schemes used for standard …
5Valve hall — A valve hall is a building which contains the valves of the static inverters of a HVDC plant. The valves consist of thyristors, or at older plants, mercury arc rectifiers. Mercury arc rectifiers are usually supported by insulators mounted on the… …
6ignitron — [ig nī′trän΄] n. [ IGNI(TE) + (ELEC)TRON] a type of mercury arc rectifier tube having a mercury pool cathode and a single graphite anode: when a current is passed through an igniter rod into the pool, the mercury vapor is ionized and an arc… …
7Traction current converter plant — A traction current converter plant is an electrical substation that converts electric power from the form provided by the electrical power industry for public utility service to an appropriate voltage, current type, and frequency to supply… …
8British Rail Class 80 — Infobox Locomotive name = British Rail Class 80 powertype = Electric caption = roadnumber = E1000; E2001 from 1959 builder = Metropolitan Vickers builddate = 1951; rebuilt 1958 gauge = RailGauge|ussg|lk=on|al=on electricsystem = 25 kV AC… …
9British Rail Class 82 — Infobox Locomotive name = British Railways AL2 British Rail Class 82 powertype = Electric caption = Preserved locomotive, no. 82008 on display at Crewe Works open day on 11 September 2005. This locomotive has been restored to InterCity Executive… …
10Bowesfield Works — was a railway locomotive manufacturing plant in Stockton on Tees. The works was operated by a joint venture company called Metropolitan Vickers Beyer Peacock from 1949 until 1960.Works historyMetropolitan Vickers and Beyer, Peacock Co. formed a… …
