From: noone@nospam.com
On 5/10/2016 10:38 μμ, krw wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Oct 2016 13:17:12 +0300, Tzortzakakis Dimitrios
> wrote:
>
>> There's an old US base here in Crete, 20 km from the city I live
>> (Iraklion, Crete, Greece) in Gournes. It was decomissioned at the end of
>> the Cold War, in 1991. Originally it was wired for 110 Volt, complete
>> with US distribution panels and 4150/110 volt transformers. When I was
>> working as an apprentice for a company that did public contracts (a
>> public contractor?) we were rewiring a building for 220 volts and modern
>> structured cabling. I learnt much on the way. Now I'm wondering, this US
>> base was draining the Cretan grid, from MV (15 kV at the time) and 50
>> Hz, of course. Their equipment came from the USA. Did they use special
>> equipment for 50 Hz, or did they use generic 60 Hz US equipment and it
>> worked OK?
>
> Most things will work OK, though often have to be derated the 5/6.
>
I think the base was first manned in 1954, and the first US base on
greek soil. I wonder how it got its electricity, as the first unit of 6
MW was installed in what is now the linoperamata power station in 1966.
I got to visit this very power station, and the 1st unit is still under
normal operation! Its fuel is mazut like the rest of the PS. (heavy
fuel). The condenser *what condenses the superheated steam after it has
passed through the turbine* has many leaks and they have covered the
offending pipes with what looks like wine bottle corks! Units 2 and 3 15
MW each, 1967 and 69, 4 to 6 25 MW each, in the 70s, 7 to 10 2-stroke
diesels 11 MW each, and the rest gas turbines with diesel oil. All
transmission lines in Crete are 150 kV *there used to be 66 kV ones, but
they were decomissioned. Also the MV voltage has been raised from 15 kV
to 20 kV.
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