A linear alternator is essentially a linear motor used as an electrical generator. An alternator is a type of alternating current (AC) electrical generator...

cost and simplicity, most alternators use a rotating magnetic field with a stationary armature. Occasionally, a linear alternator or a rotating armature...

turbine, through driving a linear load such as an air compressor for pneumatic power, or by incorporating a linear alternator directly into the pistons...

and electric transmission was shown at a German motor show in 1983. Linear alternator Taglilabue, John (1983-06-27). "Free-Piston Engine Debated". The New...

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

load device, either a thermoacoustic refrigerator/heat pump or a linear alternator. The degree of harmonic distortion, indicating the ratio of higher...

reciprocating in a linear alternator, heat being rejected at the cold end of the engine. The alternating current (AC) generated by the alternator was then converted...

– a militant rebel group in northern Mali Free-piston linear alternator – essentially a linear motor used as an electrical generator This disambiguation...

free-piston device, energy may be added or removed by an electrical linear alternator, pump or other coaxial device. This avoids the need for a linkage...

refrigeration with no moving parts, or ... to generate electricity via a linear alternator or other electro-acoustic power transducer". WhisperGen, (bankruptcy...

make them more useful for distributed energy [citation needed]. A linear alternator transforms mechanical energy into electricity. It counts with neodymium...

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energized. linear alternator An electrical machine that generates electric power from the relative straight-line motion of its parts. linear motor An electrical...

rapidly when exposed to airflow due to multiple fluid flow phenomena. A linear alternator converts the beam motion. The absence of bearings and gears eliminates...

capacitors which smooth out the fluctuating electrical pulses coming from the alternator, without themselves generating power. As there is no electrical power...

sink. This oscillation produces sound waves that drive a piston in a linear alternator, converting acoustic energy into electrical energy. This design features...

broad categories, dynamos and alternators. Dynamos generate pulsing direct current through the use of a commutator. Alternators generate alternating current...

the combination of a diesel engine with an electric generator (often an alternator) to generate electrical energy. This is a specific case of an engine generator...

feedback from the motion of the power piston and the magnets in the linear-alternator magnets, which have a combined weight of 10 kg. : 109  The unique...

energy storage devices such as batteries or fuel cells, generators or alternators, solar power converters, or another power supply. The input and output...

the compressed-air energy to mechanical work through either linear or rotary motion. Linear motion can come from either a diaphragm or piston actuator...

catapults. A maximum-performance launch using 121 MJ of energy from each disk alternator slows the rotors from 6400 rpm to 5205 rpm. During the launch, the power-conversion...

modulated by the alternating current signal from the alternator. Since the output frequency of the alternator was generally in the audible range, this produces...

DC voltages used by the processor and other elements. In automobile alternators and central power station generator plants, voltage regulators control...

negative power factor, indicates that the arc is supplying power to the alternator… Zhang, S. (July 2006), "Analysis of some measurement issues in bushing...

phases from an alternator may be replaced by just three. A three-phase transformer is also shown. Elementary six-wire three-phase alternator, with each phase...

motors. The research and his studies resulted in the development of an alternator, which may be thought of as an alternating-current motor operating in...

kilowatt Alexanderson alternator, and magnetic amplifiers were used in the keying circuits of large high-frequency alternators used for radio communications...

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crude form of alternating current when he designed and built the first alternator. It consisted of a revolving horseshoe magnet passing over two wound-wire...