Generators


Posted on Feb 4, 2014

First you need a mechanical power source like a turbine(powered by water falling), wind turbine, gas turbine or steam turbine. A shaft from one of these devices is connected to a generator to make power. Dynamos and generators work using the wild complex phenomena of electromagnetism. Understanding the behavior of electromagnetism, its fields and


Generators
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its effects is a large subject of study. There is a reason why it took 60 years AFTER Volta`s first battery to get a good powerful dynamo working. We will keep things simple to help introduce you to the interesting subject of power generation. In the most basic sense a generator/dynamo is one magnet rotating while inside the influence of another magnet`s magnetic field. You cannot see a magnetic field, but it is often illustrated using lines of flux. In the illustration above lines of magnetic flux would follow the lines created by the iron filings. The generator/dynamo is made up of stationary magnets (stator) which create a powerful magnetic field, and a rotating magnet (rotor) which distorts and cuts through the magnetic lines of flux of the stator. When the rotor cuts through lines of magnetic flux it makes electricity. Due to Faraday`s Law of Induction if you take a wire and move it back and forth in a magnetic field, the field pushes on electrons in the metal. Copper has 27 electrons, the last two in the orbit are easily pushed on to the next atom. This movement of electrons is electrical flow. If you take a lot of wire such as in a coil and move it in the field, you create a more powerful "flow" of electrons. The strength of your generator depends on: The magnets are usually not made of natural magnetite or a permanent magnet (unless it is a small generator), but they are copper or aluminum wire coiled around an iron...




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