Traction Current Converter Plant
The GKN station also has a 16.7 Hz traction current converter plant. The traction converter plant at Neckarwestheim, which is situated close to the switchgear of block II, has two identical sets, consisting of a three-phase 50 Hz AC motor with 12 poles and a four pole single phase 16.7 Hz AC synchronous generator. The rated voltage of the three-phase AC asynchronous machine and the traction current machine is 12.5 kV. The set has a length of 17.5 meters and a maximum width of 7 meters. The nominal power rating for each set is 70 megawatts, which are the largest traction current motor-generator sets ever built. The traction current converter plant feeds the 110 kV balanced line traction power network through appropriate transformers. Power can be transferred from the Block II nuclear generator over the 380 kV transmission network.
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