MrWizard wrote:
Inverter generators from different MFG, using different electronics to create the output power are not safe too connect together
Stream driven or water driven hydro turbines are synced by brute force
They bring them online by slowly applying load ( connecting to system thru inductive load) and using the back EMF to drive them into alignment aka synchronous spinning
Something you cannot to with consumer grade ( inverter output ) portable generators
I totally disagree with how you indicated power plants come on line.
I was in a power plant, while taking an operating engineers coarse, when it came on line. They watched their frequency meter until it aligned with the grid and threw the switch and came on line. If the plant lags in frequency, the grid will help pull it along.
Richard
