Report Record 4: Record of Four Troubles
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Report Record 4: Record of Four Troubles
Investigation of Some Trouble in the Generating System of the Commonwealth Edison Co. - PDF pages 16-27, lines 1139-2164
A dated engineering record of four 1919 system troubles, including short circuits, synchronous machine drop-outs, out-of-step operation, tie-cable behavior, reactor heating, and recovery sequence.
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