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Postes d’alimentation

English translation: feeder stations

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French term or phrase:	Postes d’alimentation
English translation:	feeder stations
Entered by:	Howard Cooper

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03:56 Nov 10, 2009

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Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng / Railway electrification

French term or phrase: Postes d’alimentation

As in "25KV postes d’alimentation". The context is railways.

Howard Cooper KudoZ activity Questions: 23 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 48 Canada
Local time: 23:38

feeder stations

Explanation:
1. Practical RAILWAY ENGINEERING - Google Books Result
by Clifford F. Bonnett - 2005 - Transportation - 190 pages
The power is again transmitted down at each FEEDER STATION to the normal voltage of 25 kV. These feeder stations need only be spaced about 50km apart and ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=1860945155...

he transformer lowers the voltage to 25 kV, which is supplied to a RAILWAY FEEDER STATION located beside the tracks. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25_kV_AC_railway_electrification

Each transformer feeds an incoming 25 kV vacuum circuit breakers in the BR FEEDER STATION. The design of the scheme and the final outcome are looked at ...
ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=51892
[BR = British Rail]

The track was to be electrified at 25 kV, 50 Hz by feeding it from the ... line that conveys the supply to the test track via a TRACKSIDE FEEDER STATION. ...
www.pbworld.com/news.../53_19_leachr_provisionactraction.do...

1. Seremban - Gemas ELECTRIFIED DOUBLE TRACK:
Maximum voltage under any condition: 27.5kV; Minimum voltage under normal ... Minimum voltage under double outage conditions at a FEEDER STATION: 16.5kV ...
info.sgedt.com.my/page.php?23

Traction power is provided by a French-style overhead 25 kV .... link between the power supply (FEEDER STATION) and the ROLLING STOCk. The PANTOGRAPh of the ...
www.atypon-link.com/doi/pdf/10.1680/cien.156.6.60.36805

Selected response from:

Bourth
France
Local time: 05:38

Grading comment

Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +4

feeder stations

Bourth

3 +1

power supply points

ACOZ

25 kV (supply) substation

Tony M

3 -2

refueling stations/filling stations

MatthewLaSon

Answers

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -2

refueling stations/filling stations

Explanation:
Hello,

That's how I read it.

alimentation = filling stations/refueling

I hope this helps.

MatthewLaSon
United States
Local time: 23:38
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 13

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks.

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

power supply points

Explanation:
With 25 KV, it has to be a power supply.

ACOZ
Australia
Local time: 15:08
Native speaker of:

English

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks.

4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

feeder stations

Bourth
France
Local time: 05:38
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 348

Grading comment

Thanks!

Notes to answerer

Asker: Many thanks!

3 hrs confidence:

25 kV poste d’alimentation 25 kV (supply) substation

Explanation:
Usually a 'poste de transformation', but I think it's a fairly safe bet (though wider context might confirm) that these are in fact substations providing a mains electrical supply, almost certainly being transformed down from an incoming 25 kV line to some more manageable voltage.

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Note added at 4 hrs (2009-11-10 08:33:04 GMT)
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Although my general explanaion is correct, Bourth's answer is in fact the one you need here, in this specific context of electrified rail networks.

Tony M
France
Local time: 05:38
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 1079