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My understanding is the entire grid needs to be at a stable frequency of either 50 or 60 Hz (affected by demand) , if a generator goes out of sync/phase you are
by tibbydudeza 6y ago
My understanding is the entire grid needs to be at a stable frequency of either 50 or 60 Hz (affected by demand) , if a generator goes out of sync/phase you are going have major trouble.
Bringing up a grid from scratch from a total blackout scenario is such a time consuming process so you rather throw consumers off with no warning even in the coldest winter imaginable.
- ldbooth 6y agoI was scratching my head too. It's also a broad statement to cover who knows what but I read "ground faults" while getting our tinker on. Agree the frequency and voltage would drop out of phase tolerance. That shouldnt cause fires unless there's a spinning resource that fails. The sudden availability or lack of power would create imbalances across the grid, frankly I don't think they know what would break. Might also drop one circuit and accidentally overload another, there's lots of failure points so they just broad stroke it.
- tibbydudeza 6y agoYep lot's of failure points due to the cold weather that affected a nuclear power plant (faulty sensors in the inflow tripped it into safe mode and took it off the grid) , the natural gas wells (water vapour in the gas freezes) and the infamous wind turbines (no heating/anti-freeze). The problem was they could not import power from the Western grid (little interconnect capability for political reasons) and meanwhile El Paso and some border counties is humming right along because they are tied to the Western grid and not ERCOT.