Underground transmission test facility to be built

Journal Article · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1967 · Edison Electr. Inst. Bull.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5815151

Reimers, T D; Young, F S

As part of an overall research and development program in underground transmission being sponsored by the Electric Research Council, Westinghouse Electric Corp. will build and operate an underground transmission test facility. It will be located near the western Pennsylvania community of Waltz Mill. An 1100-kV substation will be built to conduct accelerated life tests on underground transmission systems. Flexibility, combined with a wide range of available voltages, will permit testing of samples ranging in voltage rating from 115 kV to 750 kV. The overall objective of the Electric Research Council program is to provide data on components of underground transmission systems in a wide variety of applications. The maximum voltage available in the ehv area will be 1100 kV, which will permit up to 150% over voltage tests on 750 kV samples.

• OSTI ID: 5815151
• Journal Information: Edison Electr. Inst. Bull.; (United States), Journal Name: Edison Electr. Inst. Bull.; (United States) Vol. 35:7; ISSN BEEIA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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