Generator step-up transformer (GSU)
Türkçe: Blok yükseltici trafo (GSU)
The transformer wired directly to a plant generator that raises its voltage (10-25 kV) to the level of the transmission grid.
// EXPLANATION
A GSU is connected to each generator block and, because it carries the plant's entire output, is one of the most critical transformers in the grid. It is designed for a high load factor, frequent load swings and long life; its failure takes the whole block out of service.
// ALSO KNOWN AS
GSUstep-up transformergenerator step-up
// RELATED TERMS
Power transformerA static machine that raises or lowers an AC voltage through electromagnetic induction without changing the frequency.
High voltageThe voltage class used to carry energy from power plants to distant loads with low losses, covering levels such as 154 kV and 380 kV on the Turkish transmission grid.
Power gridThe whole of the transmission and distribution lines, substations and switching equipment that moves energy from generation to consumers.
