GENERATION OF TRACTION CURRENT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT: THE JOINT NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

A 158-Mw railroad-owned 16-2/3 Hz turboset installed beside a three phase current generator in the joint nuclear power plant Neckar is for the first time generating traction current from nuclear energy. The article gives a survey on the layout and interaction of the most important components of the plant which is equipped with a pressurized water reactor (PWR). The operational possibilities of the power plant are described.

• Corporate Authors:

  Verlag R Oldenbourg

  Rosenheimer Strasse 145
  Munich 80,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Lisson, P
• Publication Date: 1977-3

Language

• German

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 58-66
• Serial:
  • Elektrische Bahnen
  • Volume: 48
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Verlag R Oldenbourg

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electric power supply; Electric railroads; Nuclear power; Nuclear power plants; Railroad electrification
• Geographic Terms: Germany
• Subject Areas: Energy; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00167567
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 13 1978 12:00AM