7

IT’S

AB

OU

T

In J

uly

20

12

, In

dia

face

d t

he

larg

est

pow

er o

uta

ge

in it

s his

tory

– t

wo

con

secu

tive

bla

ckou

ts r

esult

ing

in a

loss

of

32

GW

of

gen

erat

ion

aff

ecti

ng

ove

r 6

20

mill

ion

peo

ple

. In

ord

er t

o

secu

re t

he

supply

of

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tric

ity

to v

ery

crit

ical

are

as s

uch

as

hosp

ital

s,

met

ros,

air

por

ts, n

atio

nal

au

thor

itie

s’

build

ings,

etc

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th

e In

dian

cap

ital

,

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tom

has

pro

vided

an

inn

ova

tive

isla

ndi

ng

and lo

ad s

hed

din

g so

luti

on t

o

the

Del

hi T

ran

smis

sion

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pan

y.

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e is

lan

din

g sc

hem

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only

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vide

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terr

up

ted p

ow

er t

o th

ese

area

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t al

so s

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art

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ow

er

to n

earb

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ion

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ova

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table

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uti

on b

ased

on

fre

quen

cy

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ys t

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e su

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al o

f an

isla

nd d

epen

ds

on t

he

succ

essf

ul

oper

atio

n o

f a

2,1

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MW

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shed

din

g sc

hem

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his

tas

k is

don

e

usi

ng

the

rate

of

chan

ge

of

freq

uen

cy

elem

ent

(df/

dt)

of

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tom

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ays.

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lligen

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mak

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ble

agai

nst

sudden

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tage

chan

ges

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our

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ual

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ds

man

agin

g a

tota

l

of

5,0

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30

May

20

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he

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ther

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tota

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MW

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cludi

ng

4,0

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MW

for

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hi a

lon

e- a

per

fect

rec

ipe

for

a

bla

ckou

t. T

he

syst

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ived

th

anks

to t

he

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ul o

per

atio

n o

f th

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ndi

ng

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e s

olu

tion

has

all

ow

ed

Als

tom

to

win

pro

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s in

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dia

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.

It h

as n

ow

bec

ome

a re

fere

nce

and a

tru

e di

ffer

enti

ator

for

Als

tom

in t

he

Indi

an m

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t.