Technology E2E

Air cooled generator state of the art and SMR application perspectives

The series of large, air-cooled generators has its roots back in the late 1960s, and it has grown over the years to fulfil the needs of the steadily growing gas turbine units. A lot of papers have been written inside A1 study committee, focused on light new designs of ventilation or insulation and therefore increasing power of air-cooled generators.

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Technology E2E

This section created by CIGRE for ELECTRA includes strategic articles from CIGRE authors on the future grid end-to-end (E2E). It also features invited articles approved by the Electra Editorial Board, which may express opinions solely their own, to enrich perspectives on end-to-end power system developments.

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