• DocumentCode
    1362819
  • Title

    Power/energy: Coming: 12 600 megawatts at Itaipu Island: New approaches were needed to solve problems of `bigness¿ in the world´s largest power plant yet conceived

  • Author

    de Moraes, J. ; Salatko, V.F.

  • Volume
    20
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    1983
  • Firstpage
    46
  • Lastpage
    52
  • Abstract
    Describes the design and construction of the world´s largest hydroelectric power station at Itaipu Island in South America.
  • Keywords
    hydroelectric power stations; 12.6 GW; Itaipu Island; South America; hydroelectric power station; Conductors; Generators; Stator cores; Switchgear; Turbines;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSPEC.1983.6369963
  • Filename
    6369963