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DANA POINT, Calif.—In one sense, this winter's free-agent class of pitchers appears to represent a gold mine: a class headed by 2007 Cy Young winner CC Sabathia also features a postseason hero (Derek Lowe) and pitchers with legitimate swing-and-miss arsenals (Ben Sheets, A.J. Burnett, Ryan Dempster, Oliver Perez).
In another sense, the group can be viewed as fool's gold, set to command wealth that is unlikely to ever spread back to the teams that pay to acquire them.
The suggestion is not an indictment of the free-agent class. The amount of talent in this group hasn't been seen in years.
All the same, the history of free-agent pitching suggests that any team that jumps into this fray is treading on dangerous ground. That is particularly true this year, given that several big-market teams (Dodgers, Yankees, Mets) are in the market for multiple starters, and the two New York teams will enjoy a firehose blast of revenue from new ballparks.
In such a circumstance, the cost of starters this year is likely to spiral to extraordinary peaks. The danger for the teams acquiring the pitchers is substantial.
A pitcher's shoulder is typically a time bomb, with the only question when—not if—it will detonate. Pitchers who are old enough to reach free agency are unlikely to remain healthy or productive for the years that they remain under contract.
For that reason, the Red Sox have tried whenever possible to limit their risk. Aside from the six-year deal conferred upon Daisuke Matsuzaka, the team has almost never gone past a four-year offer to a pitcher.
"It's always safer to go short with pitching contracts if you can," said Red Sox G.M. Theo Epstein. "You don't sign too many free agents that way. Then again, there aren't too many top free-agent pitchers who end up being worth their contracts."
"The free-agency market is always the least appealing to go to because of the competition. You usually pay more than the player is really worth," agreed Yankees G.M. Brian Cashman, whose team is expected to make a hard play for two or perhaps three members of the free-agent class, with Sabathia as the apparent primary target. "It might be the easiest one but it might not be the most efficient to go to. But it's there for a reason."
As such, the Sox will explore the market. As Epstein said upon his arrival at the G.M. meetings on Monday, "the more the merrier" is the prevailing attitude when it comes to rotation formation.
The Sox will see whether a fit exists with Burnett (though if the pitcher's agents continue to seek a 5- to 7-year deal, the answer will be no), while Greg Genske (the agent for Sabathia) said yesterday that he expects to discuss his client with Boston. (The Sox did not express any interest in Ryan Dempster in a meeting with the pitcher's agent, Craig Landis.)
Even so, the Sox find themselves in a position that separates them from most of the clubs in the mix for free-agent pitchers. The team already has a legitimate group of major-league starters that runs at least five deep.
Josh Beckett, Jon Lester, Daisuke Matsuzaka and Tim Wakefield could be joined by either Clay Buchholz or Justin Masterson, with Michael Bowden viewed as a potential mid-year reinforcement. That being the case, the Sox rightly plan to approach the hot stove with oven mitts—and with good reason.
"If something makes sense to us, we'll try to add a starting pitcher," said Epstein. "Adding big-name starting pitching through free agency always sounds great on paper. (Teams can say), 'Look—our No. 2 just became our No. 3, our No. 3 just became our No. 4, look how good we are.'
"But the reality is that those deals often don't work out for the club. It just can be a risky transaction on day one, let alone looking back at it after the fact."
The history of big contracts given to free-agent pitchers supports that note of caution. (See chart.) This decade, there have been a dozen free-agent contracts of more than $50 million given to pitchers. Each of those deals has been for at least four years.
Only one pitcher—Mike Mussina—has made it through the entire length of the contract without a significant injury. For most, it's been a struggle to stay on the mound (only 20 of the 49 seasons provided under these contracts yielded 30 or more starts), and often a challenge to live up to expectations once there.
The same pattern will no doubt repeat itself with several members of the pitching class of '08-'09. Payrolls could be burdened for years to come as a result of the contracts signed in the coming weeks and months.
The impact could be particularly pronounced given the state of the economy and the likely ramifications for the game in the coming seasons. Many acknowledge that an air of enormous financial uncertainty looms over the game. A contract that seems reasonable in the current market may become an albatross should the run of record-setting revenues in the game dry up.
"There are some very real issues in our economy, the country's economy and the global economy," said White Sox G.M. Kenny Williams. "For any of us to believe that these aren't ultimately going to affect us in this business, I think you have your head in the sand.
"People are struggling," he continued. "What does that mean? That means that people who spend their discretionary dollars on sports and other forms of entertainment have to make some decisions about what they want to do."
The possibility of diminished revenues in the game would make a bad contract even more difficult to absorb. Moreover, comparable talents in the next winter or two may well receive less lucrative contracts than the ones that are handed out this offseason. While the risk assumed in contracts is likely to be huge for this free-agent class, it may be slightly more modest in both years and dollars in future years.
The conclusion is straightforward enough. Epstein has emphasized at these meetings that his primary goal is "to try to continue to build a deep and healthy organization." The best way to do so, in all likelihood, is to ignore the siren of the elite free-agent pitching market this offseason.
Alex Speier is a Senior Writer for WEEI.com.
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On the last day of arguments in the latest challenge to Texas' omnibus anti-abortion law, Judge Lee Yeakel pushed lawyers both for the plaintiffs and the State of Texas to answer the key question posed in practically every abortion case since Roe v. Wade: "Exactly what is an undue burden?"
On Thursday, the State of Texas called its final defense witnesses arguing for the necessity of new abortion regulations that require abortion-providing doctors to have hospital admitting privileges and abortion facilities to operate as hospital-like ambulatory surgical centers.
On Wednesday, the State of Texas presented its first witnesses in a federal court hearing concerning the latest legal challenge to HB 2, the state's omnibus anti-abortion law.
Two Texas abortion providers testified in federal court today about the difficulties they say they've faced keeping their doors open after the passage of Texas' omnibus anti-abortion law, HB 2.
On Monday, the first day of a new legal challenge to Texas' omnibus anti-abortion law, expert witnesses testified that regulations in the state have negatively affected the ability of pregnant people who live in south and west Texas to access legal abortion care.
Texas abortion providers are challenging a law that requires them to operate as hospital-like ambulatory surgical centers before it is scheduled to go into effect September 1.

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Félix Ventura, an albino, is an antique book dealer and a 'seller of pasts,' or genealogist as he tells strangers, who fabricates impressive genealogies for those Luandans who feel that their social station demands a more elevated (or more politically correct, given the bloody and recent revolutionary past of Angola) family history. As Félix says:
"I think what I do is really an advanced kind of literature," he told me conspiratorially. "I create plots, I invent characters, but rather than keeping them trapped in a book I give them life, launching them out into reality."
Félix's closest friend (well, really more of a silent interlocutor), and the narrator of the story, is a gecko who lives in his house. The gecko-narrator is a reincarnated human being, who, in addition to telling Félix's story, provides details of his former life, and, in short chapters, the details of his dreams.
One day, Félix is approached by a photojournalist and war photographer who asks Félix to not only create a past for him, but to create a new identity for him as well. Somewhat reluctantly, Félix creates the identity 'José Buchmann', providing the newly dubbed Buchmann with a passport, driver's license, several photographs of his parents and a detailed family story.
Despite Félix's admonitions, Buchmann travels to his 'ancestral home', seeking evidence of the truth of the fictions that Félix has created. Things begin to take a darker turn when Buchmann comes back with that evidence.
The Book of Chameleons is not the kind of book that can be completely absorbed in a single reading, and Agualusa packs an impressive amount of narrative depth in the short volume. It's a novel about writing that manages to not be distractingly metafictional, and it's also a reflection on what the past means in a country that has been repeatedly wounded by war. That he is able to treat these ordinarily difficult subjects with such a deft touch, and so entertainingly, is a credit to his abilities as a writer.
My enthusiasm for The Book of Chameleons is tempered somewhat by the ending. The hazy, pleasingly bewildering atmosphere that Agualusa generates in the first three quarters of the book, which could have sustained me for a long time, is squandered a bit by an ending that happens too quickly, and perhaps too perfectly.
However, I think José Eduardo Agualusa is definitely a writer worth following, especially in light of his excellent Creole, and I'm hopeful that Arcadia, and Daniel Hahn, will continue to bring his books to an English speaking audience.
The Book of Chameleons
José Eduardo Agualusa
translated by Daniel Hahn
Arcadia Books
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Another spectacular Viator Tour. Our guide related a massive amount of history and detailed background about the Eiffel Tower. He navigated us to each level of the Tower, including the very top level. Again, the guide made this tour an excellent investment.
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Our tour guide was perfect. He was very entertaining and informative. This tour is the best way to experience the Eiffel Tower. We enjoyed it thoroughly.
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It was the tour guide's last tour, and she was outstanding. She was very enthusiastic and quite charming. It was wonderful to see the Eiffel Tower from different points.
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Extremely knowledgable guide who was able to make the whole experience one to remember with his quirky facts. This made the trip up the Eiffel Tower highly memorable. It is the first time we have used Viator but it will certainly not be the last.
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A lovely little tour to the Eiffel Tower which saved us about an hour of lining up to enter the Tower itself. The tour was well run and our guide Felix was nice and entertaining, highly recommended.
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Our tour was awesome. Anne, our tour guide, taught us so much about the history of the Eiffel Tower as well as the wonderful City of Light itself.
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Our tour of the Eiffel Tower was wonderful. It was well worth the dollars we spent. Sonja was our tour guild and was filled with information about the Eiffel Tower and the city. Since it was our first trip to Paris, we were not well orientated to the city and arrived just a few minutes late to the tour office. The staff made sure we caught up to our group. We dismissed all of the lines and worked our way to the top effortlessly. I would recommend this 'extra' trip to others in an instant!
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This tour was so much fun. Our guide was very nice and had so much knowledge of Paris and the places we saw. The champagne was a nice touch and added to the fun. The Eiffel tower was stunning especially when the lights glittered. Highly recommended.
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The only way to visit the Eiffel Tower. Well worth the money to simply avoid all the lines. Guide did an excellent job.
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We found this to be a great way to see the Eiffel Tower without having to stand in the really LONG line to enter the tower. The guide that took us the tower entrance was very nice and answered any questions we had about the tower and it's history. I am so glad that we pre-booked this tour!
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Tour at 6:00PM. WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS TOUR.
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Our tour guide (who played a number of characters during the tour) was a very animated and talented guide! We had a wonderful time learning about the history of the Eiffel Tower through hearing of the beautiful love story of Lemony and her dashing pilot love. We were running late for the tour (metro problems) and the tour was very gracious and waited for us, which was above and beyond expectation. I would recommend this tour for anyone visiting Paris and seeing the Eiffel Tower for the first time!
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Kanye West Decrees: I Rule the Music World!by Hilton Hater at . Comments
Kanye West does not lack for self-confidence.
In a new interview with BBC Radio 1's DJ Zane Lowe, the rapper declares that he's the "number-one rock star on the planet," a statement that follows an earlier decree that Kanye is the Michael Jordan of music. Made by Kanye himself, of course.
Part one of the Q&A airs Monday at 2 p.m. EST and also includes West's take on footwear ("No flip-flops for black dudes! Wear some hot-ass Jordans on the beach!") and haters ("People are gonna look at this interview and say, 'I don't like Kanye. Look, he looks mad. I don't like his teeth.")
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The more someone boasts the more they have lower selfvalue
I have never heard of him until the KK dating/ I never have heard a song on the radio. He made a fool of himself on tv, like a babbling idiot a few years ago, someone pointed out... His jaw is way off and he should go get braces. He is a big fat dildo and will be nothing in a few years...
Im laughing cause his cd released back in June, is sinking fast.
Get yer ass back to the cotton field Boy.
Bitch only thing u rule is Kim ur music is slackin
He is a narcissist & completely delusional. He doesn't even realize how ridiculous he sounds!! Smh!
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Eww, go get your creepy jaw fixed. You think u look good with that underbite??? Eww.
He was in a car accident many years back, and that's the reason he looks like a teddy bear in the face now. So I'm not sure he could or would fix it, besides, he thinks he's perfect no matter what!


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Calozzi's: A bit of Philly in Pioneer Square
Calozzi's features Philly cheesesteak sandwiches. Owner Al Calozzi started the business as a food cart in Belltown before moving to Belltown Billiards and eventually to its present home in Pioneer Square.
Seattle Times staff reporter
Calozzi'sCheesesteak sandwiches
115 Occidental Ave. S., Seattle
Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Wednesday, 11 a.m.-4 a.m. Thursday-Friday, noon-4 a.m. Saturday, closed Sunday.
Etc: Major credit cards accepted; parking on street; no obstacles to access.
Prices: $
Nestled in the heart of Pioneer Square, Calozzi's is a long way from the East Coast, but their cheesesteak sandwiches are truly a piece of "Philly" heaven.
Owner Al Calozzi serves up a melt-in-your-mouth sandwich, and the tender beef and grilled onions dripping onto the wax paper beckons one to come back for more.
Calozzi moved to Seattle six years ago, and soon after started his business from a food cart in Belltown.
In April of 2009, Calozzi opened inside Belltown Billiards, and eventually set up his permanent location at Pioneer Square about 1 ½ years ago.
His love of food and cheesesteaks began at age 10 when he worked in a New Jersey family restaurant.
Gina Batali of Salumi supplies the meat for Calozzi's pepperoni steak sandwiches that are known as "grinders" back East. Every two weeks, Calozzi also has a special roast pork sandwich on the menu.
The menu: Philly steak ($8) "wit" or "witout" onions, plus a choice of American, Whiz, provolone or mozzarella cheeses; "The Donnie" mushroom steak ($9); pizza steak ($9); Salumi pepperoni steak ($10); pepper steak ($9); French fries ($4, or with "Whiz" $5); and bottled pop or water ($2).
What to write home about: The classic Philly steak "wit" onions is the way to go, and while we preferred ours with provolone, many claim it's best "wit" Whiz. My wife is a mushroom fan and enjoyed "The Donnie," named after Calozzi's friend whose bucket list was to have a sandwich named after him.
The brown lunch bag stuffed with French fries (with Whiz is an option) was enough to feed our family of four. A free side condiment is a huge jar of red and green pickled peppers placed next to a bottle of Sriracha hot sauce (a must-have to spice up the cheesesteak).
The setting: Brick walls adorned with posters of local events. Seating for 30 and six tables. Bench seats near the front window, and outdoor tables and chairs.
Summing up: Two Donnie steak sandwiches with provolone ($18), one Philly steak sandwich with provolone ($8), one Philly steak sandwich with mozzarella ($8), French fries ($4) and three bottled sodas ($6), came to $44 plus tip and tax.
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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Legendary pinup queen Bettie Page died of pneumonia at the age of 85 in a Los Angeles, California, hospital Thursday, a week after suffering a heart attack, according to her agent.
"She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality," said agent Mark Roesler in a written statement. "She is the embodiment of beauty."
Page, said to be one of the most photographed people of the past century, became a recluse in recent decades. Yet, her images continued to be used around the world to market Bettie Page action figures, clothing lines and other merchandise.
The Web site, BettiePage.com, logs about 20 million hits a month, Roesler said. A TVGuide.com poll recently placed Bettie Page as the "ultimate sex goddess," outscoring others such as Marilyn Monroe. iReport.com: Share your trubutes to Bettie Page
Page was born to a poor family in Tennessee on April 22, 1923. While her birth certificate spelled her name "Betty," she changed the spelling later in life to "Bettie."
At a time when few women pursued a college education, Page earned a bachelor of arts degree in education from Peabody College in Tennessee in 1944, according to her official biography.
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The homicide unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding his death, and is releasing few details.
Débie's Facebook page states he was part of the Class of 2011 at M.M. Robinson High School.
Friends and family have taken to social media to remember the former student. A tribute page set up on Facebook already has numerous posts, but has now been set to private.
"Hey Barry, I know it's been a couple years. But you've always been considered a good friend of mine," wrote Darnelle Dawn Quindinho. "I can't believe ur gone buddy. There (they're) gonna figure out what happened. And do u justice. Only the good die young buddy, miss you. Xo rest in peace Barry xo."
Parents whose children went to school with Débie also posted their condolences.
"I hadn't seen Barry for a couple of years, but he and my son were good friends in elementary school and he was often at our house then," wrote Maxine Diane Kendall. "I will always remember his beautiful smile and how respectful and polite he was. My thoughts and prayers are with his heartbroken mother and brother."
Débie was in the thoughts of his co-workers Monday morning at TigerDirect.ca in Burlington, where he had worked for the past 10 months, said head cashier Erica Tawse.
Tawse, who knew Débie the last four months, said the young man was well-liked.
"He was a very good employee," she said. "He was friendly and outgoing. He was a pretty big joker, too. He always had a smile on his face."
Débie was scheduled to work last Saturday morning. Tawse said staff were shocked by the news of his death when police came to the store Friday.
"I was in shock and still am, it's the type of thing that is hard to process," she said. "It's really quiet here. It's hard to take in right now."
Police were called just before 11 a.m. Friday to a home on Mountainside Dr., near highways 407 and 403, after a resident discovered their roommate unconscious.
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Councillor Michael Gibbard, lead member for planning, said: "Officers have reviewed over 500 sites and as a matter of policy, we are bound to include all of these proposals within this revised document whether we agree with them or not.
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The reactance of series capacitor equipment connected to an electrical transmission power line can be changed during operation with the aid of a transformer on-load tap-changer which switches in or out a variable number of capacitor modules. The tap-changer comprises a tap selector, the contacts of which in currentless state can be moved between the capacitor steps, and a diverter switch with a plurality of sequentially operating contact members and with resistors arranged to prevent direct short-circuiting of the capacitor steps. The tap-changer can be at line potential and operated remotely by contact-moving means at ground potential.
1. Series capacitor equipment for connection into a power line, comprising a plurality of capacitor modules which can be switched in as and when required to adjust the reactance added to the line, and switching members for altering, during operation of the line, the number of modules contributing to the reactance of the line, said switching members comprising a transformer on-load tap-changer having sequentially oprating contact members as well as impedance elements arranged so as to prevent direct short-circuiting of the capacitor modules, the contact members of the tap-changer being arranged at the potential of the power line on a platform electrically insulated from ground potential, the drive device of the tap-changer being arranged at ground potential and being mechanically connected to the contact members via an electrically insulating means for the transmission of the operating movement.
2. Series capacitor equipment according to claim 1, in which said impedance elements consist of resistance.
3. Series capacitor equipment according to claim 2, in which the contact members of the switching members are housed in a tank filled with breaking medium different from air.
4. Series capacitor equipment according to claim 3, in which the breaking medium is an electronegative gas.
5. Series capacitor equipment according to claim 1, in which the contact members of the switching members are housed in a tank filled with breaking medium different from air.
6. Series capacitor equipment according to claim 5, in which the breaking medium is an electronegative gas.
The present invention relates to series capacitor equipment for connection into an electrical power line, the equipment including means for changing, during line operation, the reactance of the equipment.
Series capacitors are widely used in transmission lines for transmission of electrical power to compensate for the inductance of the line. Because the inductance of a line is so compensated, considerable advantages are gained, above all an increase in the power transmission capacity of the line.
From the abstract of Russian Patent No. 706 905 it is previously known to vary the total capacitance of series capacitor equipment by switching in and out one single subcapacitor connected in series with the fixed capacitor bank of the equipment. The total capacitance can only be varied in two steps. Nothing is mentioned about the design of the switching member or about how the energy for its control and operation is obtained.
From German Patent Nos. 714,528 and 759 533 it is known to arrange a tap selector and a diverter switch for connecting shunt capacitors into a network and for disconnection and discharge of the capacitors, respectively. These switching members are not traversed by the load current in that power line to which the capacitor equipment is connected. The requirement for current handling capacity and reliability are therefore much lower than in series capacitor equipment, which has to manage error currents in the network.
German Patent No. 892 181 describes a device for use in a synchronously operating on-load tap-changer. There is no suggestion the described device could be used in connection with series capacitor equipment.
One object of the invention is to provide series capacitor equipment which has a capacitance which is controllable in several steps. A second object is to provide such capacitor equipment which has a practical and economically favorable construction, a high working life and low service requirements.
Equipment according to the invention comprises a plurality of mutually series-connected capacitor modules and switching members connected thereto, for switching-in and switching-out a variable selected number of capacitor modules into a power line. The switching members comprise a transformer on-load tap-changer with sequentially operating contact members a well as impedance elements arranged so as to prevent direct short circuiting of the capacitor modules during the switching operations. The contact members of the tap-changer are arranged at the potential of the power line on a platform insulated from ground potential. The drive means of the tap-changer are arranged at ground potential and connected to the contact members with the aid of electrically insulating members for transmission of the required operating movements.
By changing the capacitance of the series capacitor, the degree of compensation can be changed by steps. This means that the power fluxes in large alternating voltage networks can be continuously influenced, which provides a possibility of minimizing the line losses, of increasing the power transmission capacity and the reliability, and of increasing the possibilities for electrical energy transition through a network.
By arranging the switching members at the potential of the power line on a platform insulated from ground potential, preferably on the same platform as the capacitors, no requirements or only low requirements for electrical insulation are placed on the switching members, on its bushings and leads, etc., which provides substantial economical and practical advantages.
In equipment according to the invention, the switching members consist of such switching members as are used in on-load transformer tap-changers. These switching members are robust and relatively inexpensive, they have a high reliability and can withstand a very large number of switching operations between overhauls. Furthermore, such switching members include the impedance elements which are required for a switching of the capacitor bank which is favorable from the point of view of damping current surges.
A switching member of the kind used for on-load tap-changers will have low losses and a sufficiently high speed of action to enable control of the power flux in a transmission network. The normally significant problem of arranging a main circuit component at a high potential relative to ground (difficulties in supplying auxiliary and driving power, difficulties with respect to supervision, overhaul and repairs) are solved according to preferred embodiments of the invention in a simple and advantageous way. That part of the on-load tap-changer which requires auxiliary power and frequent maintenance, namely the drive device, can be held at ground potential and the necessary drive connection to the tap-changer can be via one or more insulated rods, shafts or the like. In this way the problem of transmitting control signals for switching of the series capacitor from ground potential to the potential of the power line is eliminated.
The invention will now be described in greater detail, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein
FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of series capacitor equipment according to the invention, the capacitor bank having one fixed main part and a plurality of switchable parts, an on-load tap-changer comprising a tap selector and a diverter switch being used for switching the capacitor parts in and out of circuit.
FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment of equipment according to the invention, in which a tap-changer designed as a so-called selector switch is used for switching the capacitor steps in and out of circuit,
FIG. 3 shows, schematically, one example of the physical construction of equipment according to the invention, and
FIG. 4 is a scrap view of part of the equipment shown in FIG. 3 with the operating member for the tap-changer arranged outside an enclosure housing the equipment.
FIG. 1 shows one phase of series capacitor equipment according to the invention. Normally, such equipment has three phases and in that case two additional capacitor equipment units are arranged for the other phases of the power line, each additional unit being designed in the same way as the unit shown in FIG. 1. The actual series capacitor is switched into a power line L and comprises one fixed main part C and a number of optionally usable switchable capacitor parts or modules C1-C4. Each capacitor part is built up in a known manner of a plurality of series- and/or parallel-connected capacitors. The main part C is so dimensioned as to provide the major proportion of the reactive power of the capacitor equipment, whereas each one of the capacitor parts C1-C4 is responsible for a smaller proportion. FIG. 1 shows only four switchable capacitor parts, but more or less than this number may be provided. The size of each switchable capacitor part is adapted such that switching steps of a suitable size is obtained.
The switching members shown in FIG. 1 consist of on-load tap-changer equipment with one tap selector SS and one diverter switch LB. The diverter switch is of the type included in tap-changers for power transformers. The diverter switch may, for example, be of the kind described in ASEA pamphlet ZF22-007E (published by ASEA BROWN BOVERI AB of Vaster�s, Sweden), FIG. 3 (unit b) and FIG. 12. Such a diverter switch has four fixed contacts FC1-FC4. Further, it has one movable contact MC which is designed so as to make contact with two, but not three, of the fixed contacts. The fixed contacts FC1 and FC4 are directly connected to movable contacts MCA and MCB of the tap selector SS. The fixed contacts FC2 and FC3 are connected to the respective movable contact MCA or MCB of the tap selector via a respective resistance R1 or R2. The tap selector may, for example, be of the ASEA type UC, which is described in the above-mentioned ASEA pamphlet ZF22-007E. The tap selector SS has a number of fixed contacts FC10-FC50, which are contactable in turn by the two movable contacts MCA and MCB. In a manner well known in connection with the operation of tap-changers, a first one of the movable contacts (MCA in FIG. 1) in stationary state is current-carrying and the other contact (MCB in FIG. 1) is currentless. The currentless contact can thus be moved to the desired adjacent fixed contact, whereupon a switch over of current flow contact MCA to the contact MCB is made by moving contact MC of the diverter switch LB first into contact with FC2 and FC3 and then into contact with FC3 and FC4. In the position shown in FIG. 1, the movable contact MCA connected to the contact FC20 is connected to the power line L via the diverter switch. The capacitor step C1, but not the other steps, is then connected in series with the main capacitor bank C. Connection of one further capacitor step--C2--can now be performed by connecting the movable contact MCB of the tap selector with the aid of the diverter switch, the contact MCA thus becoming currentless. The latter contact can then be moved, in currentless state, to the desired fixed contact, for example FC40, whereupon a connection of one further capacitor step--C3--can be made with the aid of the diverter switch. Thus additional capacitance can be added to or taken from the line L as need dictates.
During the short interval in the movement of the contact MC of the diverter switch when it makes contact with both of the fixed contacts FC2 and FC3 current can be shared between the resistors R1 and R2 as the newly connected capacitor is being charged up to line potential.
When disconnecting a capacitor step, the resistors R1 and R2 prevent the capacitor step from being short-circuited via the movable contact MC.
The capacitor equipment should be provided with protective means, for example according to the principles described in IEEE PROC., Vol. 128, Pt. C, No. 6, November 1981: "EHV series capacitor equipment protection and control" (N. T. Fahlen). Each capacitor part is provided in a known manner with an overvoltage protective means in the form of a varistor, V, V1-V4. A triggered spark gap SG is connected in parallel with the entire equipment. The spark gap has two main electrodes ME1 and ME2 and an ignition electrode TE, which triggers the spark gap in dependence on the current through the varistor V. The varistor current is sensed with the aid of a current transformer CT connected in series with the varistor. In parallel with the entire series capacitor there is a bypass breaker BR, which in undisturbed operation is open as shown but which is automatically closed in the event of a fault appearing in the equipment.
If desired, an impedance element W may be connected between the power line L and the free end of the outermost capacitor step C4. The impedance element may, for example, consist of a resistor, typically with a resistance of 100 ohm. This impedance element is shown in FIG. 1 in dashed lines. Alternatively, as shown by dotted line X in FIG. 1, the free end of the capacitor step C4 may be directly connected to the power line L. These three alternatives shown in FIG. 1 are all useful and offer different advantages. However, the lowest demands on the breaking capacity of the diverter switch LB arise if there is no connection at all between the capacitor step C4 and the power line L, since then the capacitor steps located to the right side of the illustrated position of the tap selector, as shown in the Figure, do not take part in the switching operation.
FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment of the invention, in which the switching member for switching-in and -out of the additional capacitance consists of a so-called selector switch of the type used for switching windings in and out in a power transformer. The selector switch has one movable contact system MC1, which moves between a set of fixed contacts FC11-FC51. The fixed contacts FC11, FC21, etc. are directly connected to the capacitor steps shown as C1 . . . C4 as before. Between each such pair of fixed contacts, two additional fixed contacts, for example FC12 and FC13 and FC42 and FC43, are arranged and, via resistors R11, R12, and R41, R42 are connected to the capacitor steps. The movable contact system MC1 makes contact with two fixed contacts at a time but not with three contacts. The contact MC1 is shown in FIG. 2 in a stationary position in which the capacitor steps C3 and C4 are short-circuited and, therefore, bypassed. When, for example, it is required to switch out the step C2, the contact MC1 is moved to the left in FIG. 2 until it eventually makes sole contact with the contact FC21. During the switching sequence to arrive at this condition, the contact MC1 makes contact with both contacts FC23 and FC22 thus bringing the resistors R22 and R21 into circuit and preventing a direct short-circuiting of the capacitor step C2.
In the same way as described with reference to FIG. 1, the connection between points P1 and P2 can be completely omitted, or can be replaced by an impedance element W.
The selector switch shown in FIG. 2 is only one example of such switches. An alternative embodiment of selector switch which can be used in equipment according to this invention is the ASEA selector switch type UZ, described in the above-mentioned ASEA pamphlet ZF22-007E and in the ASEA catalogue BO4-0028E. Such a selector switch has one single contact system with one main contact and two auxiliary contacts as well as two resistors connected in series with the auxiliary contacts. The number of contacts and resistors is therefore smaller than in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, and the selector switch is therefore simpler and economically more favorable.
FIG. 3 shows, purely schematically, one example of the practical lay-out of equipment according to the invention. The equipment is arranged on a platform 1, which is maintained at the potential of the power line L. The platform is supported by electrically insulating columns 2, 3, 4 and 5, which reset on base plastes 21, 31, 41 and 51. The main part C of the capacitor bank is designated 6 in FIG. 3. Unit 7 comprises overvoltage protective means in the form of varistors and spark gaps as well as a bypass breaker. The operating mechanism 13 of the bypass breaker is placed at ground potential and the operating movement is transferred to the breaker with the aid of an electrically insulating rod 131. The switchable capacitor steps C1 . . . C10 are shown at 8 and 9 in FIG. 3 and they are located on either side of an on-load tap-changer for switching the capacitor steps into or out of the network. The contacts of the tap-changer can work in air. Alternatively, the tap changer can be located in a tank 10a as shown which can be filled with oil or an electronegative gas, for example SF6, for increasing the breaking capacity of its contacts. An operating mechanism 11 for the tap-changer is arranged at ground potential and the operating movement is transferred to the tap-changer via an electrically insulating rod 111.
For safety reasons, equipment of the above-described kind would usually be surrounded by a fence 16, which is schematically shown in FIG. 4. The operating mechanism 11 of the tap-changer can be placed outside this fence, the operating movement then being transmitted to the tap-changer via a rod or a tube 15, a bevel gear unit 14 and the insulating rod or tube 111. In this way, maintenance of the operating mechanism of the tap changer can be carried out without having to take the series capacitor equipment out of operation.
The three phases of series capacitor equipment according to the invention can be controlled either symmetrically, i.e. such that the reactances of the capacitor banks of the three phases are always equal, or unsymmetrically, which under certain conditions may be advantageous.
The resistance of the tap-changes shown in the foregoing embodiments (e.g. R1, R2 in FIG. 1) can be replaced by inductors.
The embodiments described above have a fixed capacitor part (C) permanently connected into the line. If desired this part may be omitted.
The embodiments of equipment according to the invention described above are only examples, and a great many other embodiments are feasible within the scope of the invention as defined in the following claims.
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Sublime Tribute Album To Be Released
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A Chip Off the Old Itzhak
When it comes to the rock-star son of violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman, the apple didn't just fall far from the tree--it sunk into the fertile soil of indie rock, grew roots in electronica, and emerged as the axe-wielding frontman of the electronica-infused rock band Something for Rockets. About sixty blocks south of Carnegie Hall where his dad debuted in 1963, Rami Perlman and his as-yet-unsigned band Something for Rockets recently took the stage at New York City's Mercury Lounge to play for a crowd packed with eager fans. The band, which has been building a steady buzz since its debut single--the piano-driven, synth-filled "Might As Well"--began getting heavy rotation on Los Angeles' Indie 103.1, cut its teeth with a month-long residency at L.A.'s famed indie-friendly venue, Spaceland, in January and embarked on its first U.S.
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