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.


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    Title :

    Chicago. D.-C. Railway substation for the Chicago


    Additional title:

    Am. Inst. Elec. Engrs. -- Jl


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1929


    Size :

    4 pages


    Remarks:

    2 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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