Ruben Ortiz is a Building Automation Applications Engineer for Yaskawa America, Incorporated. He is a 1995 graduate of ITT Technical Institute (AAS) and has 15 years of experience in the drives industry.
Reactors for AC drives are available as either AC reactors or DC reactors (DC link chokes). Both serve the same main purpose: to smooth the current flow to the AC drive, and reduce damaging harmonics produced on the power line.
