NEW STOCKHOLM AIRPORT WILL HAVE FIXED 400 HZ GROUND POWER SYSTEM

In the new terminal building of Stockholm's Arlanda Airport, now under construction, a fixed 400 Hz ground power system with a centralized power source will be installed to serve 20 aircraft simultaneously. This ground power system features a unique, solid-state line drop compensator that completely concels the reactive voltage drop in each line serving a load regardless of unbalances or loading of any other aircraft being served by the same generator source. Using line drop compensators of this type, a centralized 115/200 V, 400 Hz source can provide power to any number of aircraft within the total power rating of the central source the voltage regulation being plus or minus 2 per cent. The line drop comensator consists of various reactive elements inter-connected in such a manner that when applied to a 400 Hz power cable, the compensator effectively makes that cable appear to the power source as a negligible series resistance, rather than an appreciable reactive series load.

• Corporate Authors:

  Bunhill Publications Limited

  4 Ludgate Circus
  London EC4,   England 
• Publication Date: 1976-8

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 25
• Serial:
  • Aircraft Engineering
  • Volume: 47
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Bunhill Publications Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Chemical reactivity; Control devices; Design; Electric power transmission; Energy resources; Generators; Solid state devices; Terminal operations
• Identifier Terms: Arlanda-Stockholm Airport
• Uncontrolled Terms: Electromechanical devices
• Old TRIS Terms: Power sources; Power systems; Solid state; Terminal design and operations
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Design; Energy; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00163517
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 28 1977 12:00AM