The figure below shows two thyristors each rated 500 A (continuous) sh...
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Matched-pair SCR’s are generally available for parallel connection, but they are very expensive. With unmatched SCR’s equal current sharing is enforced by adding a low-value resistor or inductor in series with each SCR. Forced current sharing using equal-value resistors is shown in Figure 2. The basic requirement is to make current I
1 close to l
2, a maximum difference of 20% is accept across SCR
2, the value of R can be obtained from.

I
1R + V
1 = I
2R + V
2R = (V1 – V2)/(I2 – I1)
Calculation:
Voltage across 0.05 ohm resistor = 120 × 0.05 = 6 V
⇒ I2 = 6/0.06 = 100 A
Current through T1 will be nearly equal to 100 A
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Matched-pair SCR’s are generally available for parallel connection, but they are very expensive. With unmatched SCR’s equal current sharing is enforced by adding a low-value resistor or inductor in series with each SCR. Forced current sharing using equal-value resistors is shown in Figure 2. The basic requirement is to make current I
1 close to l
2, a maximum difference of 20% is accept across SCR
2, the value of R can be obtained from.

I
1R + V
1 = I
2R + V
2R = (V1 – V2)/(I2 – I1)
Calculation:
Voltage across 0.05 ohm resistor = 120 × 0.05 = 6 V
⇒ I2 = 6/0.06 = 100 A
Current through T1 will be nearly equal to 100 A