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What are the reasons for generating energy as alternating current?

ENERGY CAN BE GENERATED ONLY AS A ALTERNATIG CURRENT.THERE IS NO WAYS OF GENERATING ENERGY AS A DC DIRECTY.IN CASE OF DC GENERATION ,AC IS GENERATED FIRST AND THEN RECTIFIED INTO DC. TO UNDERSTAND THIS CLEARLY YOU NEED TO KNOW THE WORKING OF GENERATORS. THE REASONS FOR GENERATING ENERGY AS AC IS ENERGY CANNOT BE GENERATED AS DC.


Can you convert an ac fridge to dc?

My husband said without hesitation AC!! DC power comes from batteries, AC power comes from electricity((generating power))....


What is advantage of ac generation rather than dc generation?

!! In india and most of the other countries user ac current. Hence, all the appliances are ac dependable. So generating ac directly would allow up to directly feed the appliances without any converter circuit.


What is difference between power station generator and dynamo generator?

Generating Capacity : Power plant has very high generating capacity as compared to gen set.Size of the equipment : Size of the alternators are compatibly very big in Power plants.Type of Prim-over : In Power plant turbine is used to for prime over or to provide mechanical power to rotor of the alternator whereas in generating set diesel engine is used for prim-over.


Why use the synchronous generator in power plant?

The electrical power generated must be AC exactly phase synchronized with the AC on the power grid. If it is not synchronized the generators will take power from the grid and try to run as motors and probably severely damage themselves and maybe other parts of the power plant.

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What is electric current from the generating plant?

It is alternating current (AC). AC is used because it is easy to transform the voltage up for transmission over long distances, and down again for consumers.


What are the reasons for generating energy as alternating current?

ENERGY CAN BE GENERATED ONLY AS A ALTERNATIG CURRENT.THERE IS NO WAYS OF GENERATING ENERGY AS A DC DIRECTY.IN CASE OF DC GENERATION ,AC IS GENERATED FIRST AND THEN RECTIFIED INTO DC. TO UNDERSTAND THIS CLEARLY YOU NEED TO KNOW THE WORKING OF GENERATORS. THE REASONS FOR GENERATING ENERGY AS AC IS ENERGY CANNOT BE GENERATED AS DC.


Does a generator produce ac or DC voltage?

NO, generator always generating AC current,when commutator is used,at that time AC is converted in DC.and due to this generator is called dc generator.


Who is the oldest track competitor?

the oldest track is Wirral ac and is over 100 years first built in 1911.


Then whynot thirty hertz ac voltage is used?

The lower the frequency, the larger the generating equipment must be.


Can you convert an ac fridge to dc?

My husband said without hesitation AC!! DC power comes from batteries, AC power comes from electricity((generating power))....


Name two people who were important in the development of radio broadcasting and describe their contribution?

David Sarnoff. chairman of RCA. Wrote far reaching proposal for "radio music box:" Westinghouse - George Westinghouse founded this company. In 1880s, responsible for building the world's first commercial AC system (Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant)


Why Faraday's law and Lenz's law involved in generating AC current?

because its use formula from his father's law..


How did the Nikola Tesla power plant produce electricity?

Tesla with Westinghouse made the first hydro plant in the Niagara. The water moved the turbines and the AC motors delivered the electricity.


If a sub woofer has been switched OFF for a few years . will there any current generating from the it even if it is disconnected from the power sources such as the AC and stereo system?

A sub woofer speaker is not a current generating device.


Why cant you generate DC directlyinstead of generating AC and converting it to DC?

Yes, by using a dynamo (which produces d.c.) instead of an alternator.


What is advantage of ac generation rather than dc generation?

!! In india and most of the other countries user ac current. Hence, all the appliances are ac dependable. So generating ac directly would allow up to directly feed the appliances without any converter circuit.