Electricity Generator
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An Electricity Generator is a power conversion device that can convert power to electricity (via electricity generation).
- Context:
- It can range from being a DC Generator to being an AC Generator.
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- Example(s):
- a Woolrich Electrical Generator, 1844.
- an AC Generator, such as then one in Ames' hydroelectric AC generating plant, 1895.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Electric Motor, Motive Power, Electrical Power, Electrical Circuit, Steam Turbine, Gas Turbine, Water Turbine, Internal Combustion Engine, Crank (Mechanism), Electric Power Grid.
References
2017
- (Wikipedia, 2017) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/electric_generator Retrieved:2017-10-10.
- In electricity generation, a generator [1] is a device that converts motive power into electrical power for use in an external circuit. Sources of mechanical energy include steam turbines, gas turbines, water turbines, internal combustion engines and even hand cranks. The first electromagnetic generator, the Faraday disk, was built in 1831 by British scientist Michael Faraday. Generators provide nearly all of the power for electric power grids.
The reverse conversion of electrical energy into mechanical energy is done by an electric motor, and motors and generators have many similarities. Many motors can be mechanically driven to generate electricity and frequently make acceptable manual generators.
- In electricity generation, a generator [1] is a device that converts motive power into electrical power for use in an external circuit. Sources of mechanical energy include steam turbines, gas turbines, water turbines, internal combustion engines and even hand cranks. The first electromagnetic generator, the Faraday disk, was built in 1831 by British scientist Michael Faraday. Generators provide nearly all of the power for electric power grids.
- ↑ Also called electric generator, electrical generator, and electromagnetic generator.