• DocumentCode
    2720116
  • Title

    A constant voltage power plant that uses batteries as its emergency source of power

  • Author

    McAndrews, Joseph M.

  • Author_Institution
    New York Telephone Co., NY, USA
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    22-25 Oct. 1990
  • Firstpage
    138
  • Lastpage
    140
  • Abstract
    Described is a system that regulates voltage to the load. It is also efficient and incurs some economic benefits. It is explained how this power system provides more effective use of battery back-up power for more capacity, faster recharge after discharge, longer life, and less investment; has, during normal (not emergency) operation, rectifiers that are more efficient, have less connected load for emergency generator sizing, and are used more efficiently for battery recharging and float, and provides voltage regulation that does not cause inefficiencies during normal plant operation, causes only minimal inefficiencies during emergency operation (and then only for a short time), and is within 0.10 volts whether normal or emergency conditions exist.<>
  • Keywords
    battery storage plants; battery back-up power; connected load; constant voltage power plant; discharge; emergency generator sizing; float; investment; recharge; voltage regulation; Batteries; Costs; Low voltage; Power engineering and energy; Power generation; Power generation economics; Power system economics; Rectifiers; Switches; Telephony;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Telecommunications Energy Conference, 1990. INTELEC '90., 12th International
  • Conference_Location
    Orlando, FL, USA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/INTLEC.1990.171237
  • Filename
    171237