To power some microwave stations, Hydro-Quebec uses a system that relies on induced voltage on the ground wires. The system is described in the following article.
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1256405
They say in the article that they use it in around 30 locations with...
RMW,
Power transfer between between Texas and Mexico are mainly HVDC but they are planning on installing a Variable Frequency Transformer for a 100 MW capacity. It plays the same role as a back-to-back HVDC but with a motorized transformer instead of power electronics.
That VFT is a quite...
One of the plant I work with, built between the 1930s and the 1950s, has about ten 4000A rated 13.8 kV overhead feeders with lengths between 50 and 1500 meters.
These lines are built on steel towers with 4x1431MCM conductors for each phase. Some sections, with 2 or 1 conductor per phase, are on...
You can take maybe a look at Post Glover website and their High Resistance Grounding Application Guide:
http://www.postglover.com/Literature/HR003-05_High_Resistance_Ground_Gde.pdf
I also think that Federal Pioneer was bought by Schneider Canada.
You can find at the following link information about their current H-3 breakers.
http://www.schneider-electric.ca/www/ecat/documents/n_section.pdf
On Schneider website, you also have this 1968 Federal Pacific of Canada catalogue...
