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Before 60 Hz was adopted as the standard frequency for electrical distribution in the USA, power companies across the nation had traditionally operated with a frequency of their own choosing. In Pennsylvania, for example, 25 Hz was widely used, and even today there are a large number of power networks still operated as 25-Hz “islands”. Only recently, as modern static frequency converters have come onto the market, has it become possible to exchange energy between these networks and the 60-Hz grid, without maintenance intensive and less efficient motor generator sets.
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Static Frequency Converter Couples US Paper Mill's 25-HZ and 60-HZ Electricity Grids, 1998 Process C