Here what one get when it is a 3-phase circuit. Ean ... does not seem to be what is in the book ... I did 3 simulations. One with only 1 reverse SCR fired, Second with 2 SCR fired, Third with 3 SCR fired. One can see that waveforms are not the same ... (unless error.s) [![enter image description here][1]][1] [![enter image description here][2]][2] [![enter image description here][3]][3] And this one for another "drive" sequence. [![enter image description here][4]][4] [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/xTl39.png [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/PHTzl.png [3]: https://i.sstatic.net/MG1Pj.png [4]: https://i.sstatic.net/WBc6i.png