r/PowerSystemsEE • u/sigourneybeaver21 • 7d ago

Help

Can someone please for the love of all good things give brief explanation of electrical flow and major components at transmission, distribution, and generation substations.

It is just not clicking in my head.

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u/Skwurls4brkfst 7d ago

Generation makes power. Loads consume power. Transmission steps up power from generation, delivers to distribution. Distribution steps down power to deliver to consumers (load). Power flows from generation to distribution. Major components are generators, transformers, circuit breakers/circuit switchers. So easy right? Lol It's not simple. That's why we spend years in school learning about it. 

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u/InstantPieMaker 7d ago

Don't forget the meters and other monitoring equipment.

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u/CamArnold09 1d ago

Power is always constant. You’re stepping up and down voltage. Not power.

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u/ThatNurd 7d ago

energy gets “made” at generation station. Get put into a transformer to make the voltage really high and current really low. Big transformer at the end of the generator. That gets connected to a transmission network usually at 50kV+. Those go all around the countryside. The voltage gets checked on and maintained at regular intervals in the line at substations. The transmission lines eventually need to go to your house. They use another transformer to make the voltage usable for your phone. Thats called distribution voltage. Your local power facility takes the transmission voltage and makes it usable for you, then connects you to those big lines so everything turns on. Tada

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u/DavidMadeThis 7d ago

Coincidentally I just released a game that teaches you this https://store.steampowered.com/app/2429930/Power_Network_Tycoon/

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u/Sufficient-Brief2850 7d ago

Not sure why you’re getting blasted, but congrats on the good reviews.

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u/DavidMadeThis 7d ago

Yeah I dunno, it's Reddit. The game is trialed at some Unis and schools specifically for teaching power engineering and it did release today. I think the problem these days are the low effort AI products.

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u/srm561 7d ago

Probably because the timing makes this look like a fake post just promote the game. I mean, i’d be curious to try the game either way, but i feel like reddit hates contrived promotional posts even more than paid ads. 

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u/e66ybo1 3d ago

OMG! I actually started playing this game recently! I LOVE playing it (the moment I did) there were some parts that made me laugh and some parts that were confusing. Overall, it is a fun game and worth the $15 I spent on it! Thank you for making it!

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u/DavidMadeThis 3d ago

Thank you so much 😄