3 phase power generation question

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ddickey

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• Aug 20, 2017

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I had an interview once at Crystal Sugar and they showed me these huge centrifuges that have regenerative drives on them. As they slow they feed power back to the drives. I did a search and found an article about them.
https://www.foodmanufacturing.com/a...ives-save-energy-food-processing-applications

 

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rgray

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Chipper5783 said:

you may be able to push a little power in, but the voltage / current relationship is going to be wonky.

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Should have refreshed my browser. I asked the same question when you already answered it. Thanks

 

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ddickey said:

They have these huge centrifuges that have regenerative drives on them, as they slow they feed power back to the drives.

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Now we're talking...Thanks for that article!!!

 

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• Sep 30, 2018

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That called regenerative braking...