Title :
Pennsylvania railroad New York-Washington-Harrisburg electrification — Relay protection of power supply system
Author_Institution :
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, East Pittsburgh, Pa.
fDate :
6/1/1939 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
THE completion and placing into service of the Pennsylvania Railroad electrification marks the satisfactory conclusion of a relay design and application problem involving considerable pioneering work in this field. The protection problem is the provision of a system of protective relays, which in event of trouble, will automatically open circuit breakers to isolate the faulty section from the remainder of the power system. Outstanding features of the protective system are:
Keywords :
Circuit breakers; Circuit faults; Fault currents; Generators; Impedance; Relays; Substations;
Journal_Title :
Electrical Engineering
DOI :
10.1109/EE.1939.6431961
