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...

There have been many turbo-electric ships in which a steam-driven turbine drives an electric generator which powers an electric motor for propulsion. Cogeneration...

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...

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 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...

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

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

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...

MHD generator, like a conventional generator, relies on moving a conductor through a magnetic field to generate electric current. The MHD generator uses...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

electric train supply (ETS), is the electrical power distribution system on a passenger train. The power source, usually a locomotive (or a generator...

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...

A radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG, RITEG), sometimes referred to as a radioisotope power system (RPS), is a type of nuclear battery that uses...

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...

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