[Gllug] re; synching generators to the grid

[Christopher Hunter]

On Wednesday 16 Jun 2004 12:23 pm, t.clarke wrote:
> About 20 years ago I took a tour round the Dinorwig (if thats how you spell
> it) pumped-storage power-station in deepest Wales.   I vaguely recollect
> the guy saying that it detected the need for extra power on the grid by
> checking the grid frequency - if it dropped more than a certain number of
> points the sluice gates opened and the water-turbine whizzed up to speed
> and on load within about 30 seconds.  Of course my memory may be totally
> faulty !

No it's not - my Dad was on the design team for that project!  I'll have to 
ask him the specifics....

Chris

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