generation, a generator is a device that converts motion-based power (potential and kinetic energy) or fuel-based power (chemical energy) into electric power...

Doubly fed electric machines, also slip-ring generators, are electric motors or electric generators, where both the field magnet windings and armature...

engineering, electric machine is a general term for machines using electromagnetic forces, such as electric motors, electric generators, and others. They...

turbo generator is an electric generator connected to the shaft of a water turbine or steam turbine or gas turbine for the generation of electric power...

rotating turbine, which is mechanically connected to an electric generator, turns the generator's rotor with conductive coils. A stationary magnetic field...

A diesel generator (DG) (also known as a diesel genset) is the combination of a diesel engine with an electric generator (often an alternator) to generate...

non-repeating electronic signals Electric generator, a device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy. Tidal stream generator, a machine that extracts...

A Van de Graaff generator is an electrostatic generator which uses a moving belt to accumulate electric charge on a hollow metal globe on the top of an...

An engine–generator is the combination of an electrical generator and an engine (prime mover) mounted together to form a single piece of equipment. This...

A magneto is an electrical generator that uses permanent magnets to produce periodic pulses of alternating current. Unlike a dynamo, a magneto does not...

A motor–generator (an M–G set) is a device for converting electrical power to another form. Motor–generator sets are used to convert frequency, voltage...

forms from the discovery of the magnetic induction of electric current in the 1830s. Rotating generators naturally produced alternating current, but since...

dynamo is an electrical generator that creates direct current using a commutator. Dynamos were the first electrical generators capable of delivering power...

generation is achieved by rotating electric generators or by photovoltaic systems. A small proportion of electric power distributed by utilities is provided...

homopolar generator is unique in that no other rotary electric machine can produce DC without using rectifiers or commutators. The first homopolar generator was...

is a moving component of an electromagnetic system in the electric motor, electric generator, or alternator. Its rotation is due to the interaction between...

magnetic field and electric current in a wire winding to generate force in the form of torque applied on the motor's shaft. An electric generator is mechanically...

200 shp (30,000 kW) or 28.6 MW of electric energy when combined with an electrical generator. Two of such turbo-generators have been installed in the superstructure...

intermediate electric battery, acting as an energy buffer, sits between the electric generator and the electric traction motors. The ICE turns a generator and...

A vibration powered generator is a type of electric generator that converts the kinetic energy from vibration into electrical energy. The vibration may...

of current in a generator's windings. When a conductor such as a wire attached to a circuit moves through a magnetic field, an electric current is induced...

create a heat gradient from an electric current, it is called a thermoelectric (or Peltier) cooler. Thermoelectric generators could be used in power plants...

afterwards, it was out of service. Since 1934, it was used as a stationary electric generator. In 1935, Krauss-Maffei, MAN and Voith built the first diesel–hydraulic...

A shunt generator is a type of electric generator in which field winding and armature winding are connected in parallel, and in which the armature supplies...

parents were from Ireland. In 1904–05, Cove developed his 'solar electric generator' which he displayed at the Metropole Building in Halifax, Nova Scotia...

free-piston linear generator (FPLG) uses chemical energy from fuel to drive magnets through a stator and converts this linear motion into electric energy. Because...

Westinghouse pressurized water reactors (PWR), with a General Electric steam turbine and electric generator. Units 1 and 2 were completed in 1987 and 1989, respectively...

that uses the principles of induction motors to produce electric power. Induction generators operate by mechanically turning their rotors faster than...

the electric generator is a distinguishing feature among systems. Flying the generator aloft is done in a variety of ways. Keeping the generator at the...

to power electric generators and hydraulic pumps. Another common use of the term is in the industrial gases industry, where gas generators are used to...