substation
Voltage conversion facility
A substation is a facility where electrical voltage is transformed for distribution.
High-voltage power from generating plants passes through substations that step it down for local use: The lightning strike damaged the substation and knocked out power to three neighborhoods.
Substations also refer to secondary or subordinate stations of other kinds—a branch post office or police station.
Voltage-altering electrical device
- switchgearCircuit control equipment
- breakerWave that collapses shoreward
- relayStage-by-stage transmission
- voltageElectrical potential difference
insulator · conductor · feeder · capacitor · arrester · disconnect · fuse · rectifier
Sending of information
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- interconnectionMutual joining of parts
- networkInterconnected system
- powerlineElevated electrical conductor
pylon · tower · utility · dispatch · load balancing · blackout · brownout · outage
An increase or advancement
- step-downVoluntarily leave office
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- transmissionSending of information
- switchingChanging from one to another
converter · traction · mobile · portable · collector · generating · industrial · railway
Functional worth or purpose
- municipalOf city government
- installationProcess of putting in
- facilitySkill or equipped premises
- enclosureConfined, bordered space
fencing · right-of-way · easement · siting · permitting · urban · rural · underground
transformer
Voltage-altering electrical device
- switchgearCircuit control equipment
- breakerWave that collapses shoreward
- relayStage-by-stage transmission
voltage · insulator · conductor · feeder · capacitor · arrester · disconnect · fuse · rectifier · circuit
transmission
Sending of information
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- interconnectionMutual joining of parts
- networkInterconnected system
powerline · pylon · tower · utility · dispatch · load balancing · blackout · brownout · outage · redundancy
step-up
An increase or advancement
- step-downVoluntarily leave office
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- transmissionSending of information
switching · converter · traction · mobile · portable · collector · generating · industrial · railway · GIS
utility
Functional worth or purpose
- municipalOf city government
- installationProcess of putting in
- facilitySkill or equipped premises
enclosure · fencing · right-of-way · easement · siting · permitting · urban · rural · underground · outdoor
- energyelectricity, power, oil, fuel, gas
- electricityelectricity, battery, batteries, wire, wires
- infrastructurehighways, road construction, railway expansion, power grid, roads
- energy systemspower plant, electricity, power grid, generators, solar power
- infrastructure projectsroad building, bridge construction, bridge repair, tunnel boring, railway construction
- stationsworkstation, waystation, firehouse, depot, bus depot
substationmain station
Primary transit hub
power plant · generating station · central station · headquarters · power station
- electrical substationsVoltage conversion facilities