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In electricity generation, a generator is a device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy for use in an external circuit. The source of mechanical energy may vary widely from a hand crank to an internal combustion engine. Generators provide nearly all of the power for electric power grids.
It is important to understand that a generator does not actually 'create' electrical energy. Instead, it uses the mechanical energy supplied to it to force the movement of electric charges present in the wire of its windings through an external electric circuit. This flow of electric charges constitutes the output electric current supplied by the generator. This mechanism can be understood by considering the generator to be analogous to a water pump, which causes the flow of water but does not actually 'create' the water flowing through it.
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How are generators and motors similar?
The basic idea behind a generator is that it converts mechanical energy (kinetic) to electrical energy in the form of electric current. A motor does this process in reverse: it uses electrical energy and converts it into mechanical energy (it produces motion). This is, presumably, what your physics teacher wants to hear.
What are some examples of some real life electromagnets?
All the electric motors/generators in your life. For instance: an electric egg-beater, the "alternator" and the starter in your car, vacuum cleaners.
What are three machines that depend on gravity to work?
car tap coffee machine shower satellite
How does water turn into electric energy?
Electric power, dissipated as energy is produced by spinning generators. The generators are in turn driven by a rotating force, produced by a number of means. Water under pressure driven through a hypodermic needle hole hits the vanes in a turbine and causes it to spin. the spinning turbine is attached to the generator that depends on that spin to generate electricity. This is how water turns into electric energy.
How do some machines use thermal energy to do work?
by a form of generation or generators
Can electric current be generated by magnetic force?
Yes. That's how generators work.
How do electric generators work?
google it! but im sorry because i dont know the answer but i hope you find it!!
Explain why electric motors and generators are opposites?
Electric motors take electric energy and turn it into kinetic energy Generators take mechanical energy and turn it into electric energy
What do electric generators and electric motors have in common?
Stator and rotor
What are the main ways we produce electricity in NZ?
Hydro electric generators wind powered generators geothermal generators
Who sells electric generators?
You can find electric generators in stores like Lowes and Sears. You can get help at the store for choosing the right generator for yourself. The generators available can be researched more for reviews and selected.
What are examples of electric generators?
A dump in the toilet
What was Michael Faraday among the first to build?
electric genearator
What is different about gas powered generators?
Gas powered generators require a supply of gasoline or propane to be able to power your things. Electric generators charge themselves up from your electricity so they wouldn't work as long. You could find out more about them from a store that sells them.
Where is it possible to purchase an electric generator?
Stores such as Walmart, Home Depot, Sears, and WayFair. There are a few stores like Overstock and Electric Generators Direct that sell electric generators for low prices.
Where can one buy a portable electric generator?
Portable electric generators can be purchased from many company's on the internet. A few of the company's that will stock portable electric generators are eBay,Amazon and Best Buy.
What do generators and motors have in common?
Electric motors and generators are electromagnetic devices that are the opposite of each other. Electric motors convert electrical energy into mechanical energy, while electric generators convert mechanical energy into electrical energy.
