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Article #16660Re: DC to AC on large scale???
From: Mark Underwood
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 22:36
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 22:36
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In article <schumach.728009085@convex.convex.com> schumach@convex.com (Richard A. Schumacher) writes: > In <1k0rksINNc34@rave.larc.nasa.gov> kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov (Scott Dorsey) writes: > > > >Actually, motor generator sets were pretty common up until about ten years > >ago when efficient silicon stuff became available. You even see AC-DC > > Sure, but the original question was about regional power distribution. > Did anyone ever use MG sets to convert AC to DC to feed more than a > few city blocks? Wouldn't using motors and generators cause a big drop in efficiency?? It seems to me that a lot of power would be wasted in converting the electricity to mechanical power and back . . .. But then I suppose that's exactly what gave somebody(-ies) the idea of doing it with silicon ?? -- Mark Underwood EE Student, University of Kentucky Lab Assistant, Boyd Hall Microlab (a tiny little division of UK Library Microlabs) E-Mail: msunde01@mik.uky.edu
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Newsgroups: sci.electronics Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gumby!destroyer!gatech!ukma!news From: msunde01@mik.uky.edu (Mark Underwood) Subject: Re: DC to AC on large scale??? Message-ID: <C1HG4I.EG4@ms.uky.edu> Sender: news@ms.uky.edu (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: nx36.mik.uky.edu Reply-To: msunde01@mik.uky.edu Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences References: <schumach.728009085@convex.convex.com> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 22:36:17 GMT Lines: 27