• DocumentCode
    1168758
  • Title

    Design Features of the Helms Pumped Storage Project

  • Author

    Paul, Kermit

  • Author_Institution
    Pacific Gas and Electric Company San Francisco, California
  • Volume
    9
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    3/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    24
  • Lastpage
    25
  • Abstract
    The Helms Project has been in operation since 1984 and represents the state of the art in pumped storage technology in terms of operating heads and unit capacity. This paper describes design features, startup experiences, corrective work and project performance to date.
  • Keywords
    Coils; Cooling; Lamination; Magnetic heads; Reservoirs; Rotors; Stators; Synchronous motors; Temperature; Turbines;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Power Engineering Review, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0272-1724
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MPER.1989.4310531
  • Filename
    4310531