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Old 26th Mar 2012, 22:12
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Not_a_boffin
 
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Thanks for the response. However, I suspect that the load variation on the generators will only be about 4-5% in this case. If you have a propulsive load of between 60 to 80 MW for flight ops, with the likely load on each PPI of the order of 1-2 MW, then that's about the right figure.

The variations for pump motor starters, weps lifts etc are likely to be of the order of another 5MW tops shipwide. I suspect what might be more difficult to control is the current variation.

Don't forget that the system distributes at 11kV, stepped down to 440 locally, so it's likely to be a local load on the relevant EDC, rather than direct on the generating plant.

Not by any means my specialty, but this ship is unlike most others in the fleet in that she's a true power station concept, rather than a propulsion system, plus generators.
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