Abstract
The article presents the results of a qualitative analysis of circuits of autonomous current and voltage inverters with cut-off valves. The influence of the charge on the switching capacitor in parallel and series equivalent circuits on the restoration of the switching properties of the thyristors in the inverter power circuit is studied. It is shown that, due to the energy periodically accumulated in the inductive elements of the load, the voltage across the switching capacitor in the cut-off state is higher than in a conventional parallel autonomous current inverter. This ensures increased switching stability of the inverter. Consequently, the circuit of an autonomous current inverter with cut-off valves remains operational in valve converters for variable-frequency electric drives and maintains performance during sudden load surges and short circuits, since the voltage on the switching capacitor does not depend on the load voltage. Thus, the charge on the switching capacitor is preserved even when the load voltage drops sharply between thyristor commutations.