Definition of Synchronous converter

1. Noun. Electrical converter consisting of a synchronous machine that converts alternating to direct current or vice versa.

Exact synonyms: Rotary, Rotary Converter
Generic synonyms: Electrical Converter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Synchronous Converter

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Literary usage of Synchronous converter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Electrical Engineering: The Theory and Characteristics of Electrical by Clarence Victor Christie (1917)
"A synchronous converter or rotary converter converts from an alternating to a direct current or vice versa. 2. A frequency converter converts the power of ..."

2. A Course in Electrical Engineering by Chester Laurens Dawes (1922)
"Principle of the synchronous converter.—It has already been demonstrated that ... The Rotary or synchronous converter is a single machine which converts ..."

3. Electrical Engineering Laboratory Experiments by Claire William Ricker, Carlton Everett Tucker (1922)
"47 synchronous converter It is frequently necessary to transform alternating ... A synchronous converter is essentially a direct-current shunt or compound ..."

4. Alternating-current Electricity and Its Applications to Industry by William Henry Timbie, Henry Harold Higbie (1916)
"Such a machine is called a synchronous converter or a rotary converter ... It is sufficient at present to know that the synchronous converter can be ..."

5. Alternating-current Electricity and Its Applications to Industry: Second Course by William Henry Timbie, Henry Harold Higbie (1916)
"Such a machine is called a synchronous converter or a rotary converter and is ... It is sufficient at present to know that the synchronous converter can be ..."

6. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1917)
"110 A synchronous converter (sometimes called a Rotary Converter) converts from an alternating to a direct current, or vice-versa. ..."

7. Theory and Calculations of Electrical Apparatus by Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1917)
"Phase splitting by synchronous-motor armature: synchronous converter. field and ... It offers no material advantage over the synchronous converter, ..."

8. Electrical Engineering: The Theory and Characteristics of Electrical by Clarence Victor Christie (1917)
"A synchronous converter or rotary converter converts from an alternating to a direct current or vice versa. 2. A frequency converter converts the power of ..."

9. A Course in Electrical Engineering by Chester Laurens Dawes (1922)
"Principle of the synchronous converter.—It has already been demonstrated that ... The Rotary or synchronous converter is a single machine which converts ..."

10. Electrical Engineering Laboratory Experiments by Claire William Ricker, Carlton Everett Tucker (1922)
"47 synchronous converter It is frequently necessary to transform alternating ... A synchronous converter is essentially a direct-current shunt or compound ..."

11. Alternating-current Electricity and Its Applications to Industry by William Henry Timbie, Henry Harold Higbie (1916)
"Such a machine is called a synchronous converter or a rotary converter ... It is sufficient at present to know that the synchronous converter can be ..."

12. Alternating-current Electricity and Its Applications to Industry: Second Course by William Henry Timbie, Henry Harold Higbie (1916)
"Such a machine is called a synchronous converter or a rotary converter and is ... It is sufficient at present to know that the synchronous converter can be ..."

13. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1917)
"110 A synchronous converter (sometimes called a Rotary Converter) converts from an alternating to a direct current, or vice-versa. ..."

14. Theory and Calculations of Electrical Apparatus by Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1917)
"Phase splitting by synchronous-motor armature: synchronous converter. field and ... It offers no material advantage over the synchronous converter, ..."

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