Archive for January, 2012

Black Start, Chapter Thirteen: Speedtronic™ Control and Protection Systems

January 30, 2012

  General Electric unveiled its first electronic control and protection system in 1970.  It was called Speedtronic™.   Other manufacturers similarly introduced electrical and electronic controls on gas turbines at the about same time.  The name for GE’s system came from the combination of Speed control by elecTronic.  I’ve had difficulty confirming who came up with [...]

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