Electrical substation | Wikipedia audio article

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electri... 00:01:37 1 Types 00:02:15 1.1 Transmission substation 00:03:59 1.2 Distribution substation 00:06:15 1.3 Collector substation 00:07:51 1.4 Converter substations 00:08:36 1.5 Switching station 00:11:12 1.6 Railways 00:12:00 1.7 Mobile substation 00:12:46 2 Design 00:12:56 2.1 Elements of a substation 00:15:30 2.2 Location selection 00:17:04 2.3 Design diagrams 00:21:17 2.4 Automation 00:23:05 2.5 Insulation 00:24:27 2.6 Structure 00:25:48 3 See also 00:26:26 4 References and further reading Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago. Learning by listening is a great way to: increases imagination and understanding improves your listening skills improves your own spoken accent learn while on the move reduce eye strain Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone. Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio: https://assistant.google.com/services... Other Wikipedia audio articles at: https://www.youtube.com/results?searc... Upload your own Wikipedia articles through: https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts Speaking Rate: 0.7097466218666953 Voice name: en-GB-Wavenet-A "I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think." Socrates SUMMARY ======= A substation is a part of an electrical generation, transmission, and distribution system. Substations transform voltage from high to low, or the reverse, or perform any of several other important functions. Between the generating station and consumer, electric power may flow through several substations at different voltage levels. A substation may include transformers to change voltage levels between high transmission voltages and lower distribution voltages, or at the interconnection of two different transmission voltages. Substations may be owned and operated by an electrical utility, or may be owned by a large industrial or commercial customer. Generally substations are unattended, relying on SCADA for remote supervision and control. The word substation comes from the days before the distribution system became a grid. As central generation stations became larger, smaller generating plants were converted to distribution stations, receiving their energy supply from a larger plant instead of using their own generators. The first substations were connected to only one power station, where the generators were housed, and were subsidiaries of that power station.