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- From: msunde01@mik.uky.edu (Mark Underwood)
- Subject: Re: DC to AC on large scale???
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- Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences
- References: <schumach.728009085@convex.convex.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 22:36:17 GMT
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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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