On 4/12/2010 16:41 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
I surmise from your irony that the weren't interconnected.
Gas turbines?
I've heard that NORAD Cheyenne Mountain had (are they still there?)
diesel engines on static standby, with block heaters. But the
flywheels were kept spinning. A magnetic clutch could swap to
diesel power in a fraction of a second.
-- gil
Why not.
In the early 70's our state power commission identified a 250MW supply
deficiency for the coming summer. They built a power station in 6
months. The generator units where the same gas turbines that pwered
Charles Adam class frigates. From memory two units but possibly 4
Ken
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