Substations designed to meet demands of heavy railway terminal service are described; d.c. energy is furnished at 1500 volts from 7 substations located in Chicago district, owned and operated by power companies; in addition to 1500-volt supply for traction purposes, alternating current at 4000/2300 volts is provided for railway company's light, power and signal systems; 80 per cent of conversion capacity is in synchronous converters and remainder in mercury rectifiers; reasons for selecting latter units are given.
Chicago. D.-C. Railway substation for the Chicago
Am. Inst. Elec. Engrs. -- Jl
American Institute of Electrical Engineers -- Journal ; 48 , n 9 ; p 678-681
1929
4 pages
2 Figs.
Article (Journal)
English
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