Upgrading a 1970s-era generator control system to new millennium technology in 12 days during a three-week shutdown would require careful planning and teamwork under any circumstances. The quick ...

A motor-generator system mainly performs motor control to provide motive power and also controls regeneration by the motor acting as a generator. Advances aimed at lower fuel consumption and reduced ...

Power supply is critical to any paper mill. When a major paper manufacturer found that its early 1980s vintage turbine-generator’s unplanned downtime, mostly due to obsolete spare parts and ...

Termoyopal, a utility based in Bogota, Colombia, recently repowered its power plant at Yopal, Colombia, by replacing three gas turbines with refurbished units and upgrading the remaining two turbines.

Abstract: In this paper, a comprehensive model of cascade brushless doubly-fed aeroplane generator is developed on the analysis of aeroplane generator's structure and the principle of variable speed ...

During the lifetime of a locomotive, an axle generator can be replaced time and time again. Debris that chips away at, and eventually shakes the unit loose, can cause unplanned downtime and ...