DocumentCode :
1439252
Title :
High-Voltage Testing: man-made lightning at the 1939 World´s Fair [History]
Author :
Blalock, Thomas J.
Volume :
8
Issue :
2
fYear :
2010
Firstpage :
62
Lastpage :
81
Abstract :
It is obvious that the GE Company was not about to spend the huge sums of money for the construction of the high voltage equipment in Steinmetz Hall without seeing the possibility of the future use of this equipment for other purposes. As described, this did occur with both the impulse generators and the 60-Hz transformers. The motor generator set was probably reused as well, but there are no known records documenting its actual fate. Today, the high-voltage testing of electric power system components utilizes equipment exactly the same, in operating principle, as the devices built for use at the 1939 New York World´s Fair. Alas, however, the tremendous cost of such demonstrations at expositions has caused them to become only a fond memory.
Keywords :
power apparatus; power systems; GE Company; electric power system component; frequency 60 Hz; high voltage equipment; high-voltage testing; impulse generators; transformers; Cities and towns; Consumer products; Corona; Displays; History; Lightning; Power transformer insulation; Production; Testing; Voltage;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Power and Energy Magazine, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1540-7977
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/MPE.2009.935480
Filename :
5430513
Link To Document :
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