• DocumentCode
    1168601
  • Title

    Variable Frequency Starting Equipment for Pumped Storage Projects

  • Author

    Henriksen, H.M. ; Brueckl, H.

  • Author_Institution
    Harza Engineering Company
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1982
  • Firstpage
    3206
  • Lastpage
    3209
  • Abstract
    This paper describes the variable frequency starting equipment for the Bath County Pumped Storage Project now being built by Virginia Electric and Power Company. The principle of operation and the construction are discussed, as well as special considerations with grounding the generator/motor during operation of the starting equipment.
  • Keywords
    Circuits; Commutation; Frequency; Inductors; Inverters; Power generation; Pulse transformers; Synchronous motors; Thyristors; Voltage transformers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Power Apparatus and Systems, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9510
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPAS.1982.317557
  • Filename
    4111727