AdesignofthemainAC/DCconvertersystemforITERisdescribedandthecon-figurationofthemainAC/DCconvertersispresented.Toreducethereactivepowerabsorbedfromtheconverterunits,themainAC/DCconvertersaredesignedtobeseries-connectedandworkinasequentialmode.Thestructureoftheregulatoroftheconvertersystemisdescribed.AsimulationmodelwasbuiltupforthePSCAD/EMTDCcode,andthedesignwasvalidatedaccordingly.Harmonicanalysisandreactivepowercalculationoftheconvertersunitsarepresented.Theresultsrevealtheadvantageofsequentialcontrolinreducingreactivepowerandharmonics.