Timeline for Why do we use AC for long distance transmission?
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| S Sep 19, 2016 at 13:32 | history | suggested | Jens | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Correct grammo.
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| Sep 19, 2016 at 8:15 | comment | added | Luaan | @Mast Well, HVDC is more common in Europe, but most of the grid is still AC. Though HVDC is certainly getting more popular. | |
| Sep 18, 2016 at 14:43 | comment | added | Kamil Maciorowski | Interesting aspect shown here. Note it's only $220V$. As explained in the answers, high voltage is better for long distance transmission. Now imagine arcs like this on a daily basis. In AC there is zero crossing of the voltage so the arc extinguish well. | |
| S Sep 17, 2016 at 17:43 | history | suggested | Shep | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Remove part where OP asks for an answer and says they don't know what it is
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| Sep 17, 2016 at 15:30 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackPhysics/status/777167729686175744 | ||
| Sep 17, 2016 at 14:46 | comment | added | Mast | I assume 'we' is USA here? In Europe, we use HVDC. | |
| Sep 17, 2016 at 9:14 | history | protected | Qmechanic♦ | ||
| Sep 17, 2016 at 9:09 | answer | added | Jamie Hanrahan | timeline score: 102 | |
| Sep 17, 2016 at 7:41 | answer | added | anna v | timeline score: 11 | |
| Sep 17, 2016 at 7:20 | history | edited | Qmechanic♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 17, 2016 at 6:02 | answer | added | John Rennie | timeline score: 26 | |
| Sep 17, 2016 at 5:50 | comment | added | akhmeteli | Actually, DC power transmission is sometimes used for long distances and has some advantages over AC power transmission (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…) EDIT (9/17/2016): Moreover, DC lines are preferable for distances over 800 km (large.stanford.edu/courses/2010/ph240/hamerly1), and the longest power transmission lines are DC (epcengineer.com/news/post/12191/…) | |
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| Sep 17, 2016 at 5:44 | history | asked | EiNsTeIn | CC BY-SA 3.0 |