Power Generation, Transmission & Distribution: ME 217: Energy, Environment & Society Fall 2015
ME 217: Energy, Environment & Society
Fall 2015
Power
generation,
transmission
& distribution
Thomas Edison
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Edison's Pearl St. network
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Some facts about Pearl St.
Served more than 500 customers, powering over
10,000 incandescent lamps
Used waste heat from coal-fired generators to heat
buildings and to provide process heat
6 x 100 kW generators
33,000 m of buried cable
110 V DC
Featured first electric meters
Cost $300,000
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Some physics consideration
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The current wars
Nikola Tesla The ZBD George
transformer Westinghouse
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The US transmission grid
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Current T&D topology
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Transmission lines
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Distribution lines
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Layout of a coal-fired power station
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Thermodynamic losses
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