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Anything, including a person or a machine, that can turn a generator will cause the generator to make electricity. Most commonly generators are turned by water turbines, wind turbines, gasoline or petrol engines, diesel engines or steam engines.
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Is an AC generator can use AC motor and vice verso?
Are you planning to build a perpetual motion machine in which the power generated by an AC generator is used to run an AC motor which is used to run the same AC generator which provides it with power? Because that won't work. Yes, you can use a motor to generate electricity, and you can use electricity to run a motor, but the process is not 100% efficient and if you try to make it a closed loop, it will run down fairly quickly. So, what do we actually do? We use fuel to run an AC generator, or we use waterfalls or wind, or some other energy source, and then we use the power to run our motor.
How do you use hydroelectricity to make electricity?
when water fiows from water resource then potential energy converts into kinetic energy. due to this water rotates to the turbines and conversion of kinetic energy into mechanical takes place . the shaft of turbine is connected to generator and in turbine due to rotation magnetic flux takesplace and electricity is produced.
What is the difference between a switch and an amplifier?
A switch turns an electric machine off or on. An amplifier makes an electric machine louder. Amplifiers are used to make music louder when guitars are hooked up to them.
Do you need water to make electricity?
No, but virtually every large scale power plant uses water in an industrial fashion. But the little generator I use when camping does not have or use any water.
What are the energy transformations that take place in Hydroelectric Dam Power Plants?
In hydroelectric power moving water turns spins a turbine. A shaft from that turbine sticks into a generator. That produces electricity. In a coal fired power plant coal heats water and steam from the boiling water turns a shaft that sticks into a generator. That makes electric power. Any source of power that can make a large shaft turn can produce electricity. The electricity comes out of the generator on wires. It goes to a power transformer. The transformer turns it into high voltage electricity. That way it can travel over transmission lines without losing energy. It is also called wholesale power. It is like a grocer who buys large boxes of cereal and cuts open the large cardboard boxes and then puts the family size boxes on the shelf to sell. You can not use this high voltage electricity. It is so powerful, it would cook you. It goes to a substation where it goes to another transformer. There is reduced in power to where it is safe to put in wires that run down the streets. Then it goes to another transformer where it becomes safe to put in the wires that go to your home.
A machine that uses a magnet to make electricity is called?
a generator
What is machine which makes electricity?
The Machine That Makes Electricity Is Called A Generator You Spin It And Spin It With A magnet With Wires Wrapped Around It To Make a Shock That Flows Through A Wire To Power Your TV
What machine which makes electricity?
The Machine That Makes Electricity Is Called A Generator You Spin It And Spin It With A magnet With Wires Wrapped Around It To Make a Shock That Flows Through A Wire To Power Your TV
Can agenerator make electricity?
NOPE! Generator can't make electricity
How does a coal power plant work?
Coal is burnt to produce heat to make water boil. The steam drives a turbine which turns a generator to make electricity.
Is a gas generator better than electric?
The purpose of a generator is to generate electricity. An electric generator would be redundant. It would need electricity to make electricity and when there is a power outage there is not electricity.
How is wind use to generate electricity?
Wind energy is used to generate electricity in a manner similar to the way water is used for the same purpose. The wind turns the blades of a giant turbine, which looks like a big fan, and the turbine turns a shaft. When the shaft turns it spins a generator which causes it to make electricity.
How does a coal-fired power plant work?
Coal is burnt to produce heat to make water boil. The steam drives a turbine which turns a generator to make electricity.
How is wind energy used to generate electricity?
Wind energy is used to generate electricity in a manner similar to the way water is used for the same purpose. The wind turns the blades of a giant turbine, which looks like a big fan, and the turbine turns a shaft. When the shaft turns it spins a generator which causes it to make electricity.
Water and what make electricity?
Water at a height, pipework and a hydroelectric generator make electricity.
Coal is used to generate electricity by?
-- burn coal -- make heat -- transfer heat to water -- boil water -- blow steam through turbine -- turbine turns generator -- generator generates electrical power
Can a washing machine run on propane?
A dryer certainly can, and the hot water supplied to the washer can, but a washing machine runs on electricity, so you would need to have a generator that runs on propane to make this a reality.
