HOW AN ELECTRIC GENERATOR WORKS

How an Electric Generator works

 

Electrical generators are devices that convert mechanical energy into electric energy

. The mechanical energy in turn is produced from chemical or nuclear energy in various types of fuel, or obtained from renewable sources such as wind or falling water.

 

Steam turbines, internal-combustion engines, gas combustion turbines, electric motors, water and wind turbines are the common methods to supply the mechanical energy for such devices. Generators are made in a wide range of sizes, from very small machines with a few watts of output power to very large power plant devices providing gig watts of power.

 

The electric generator animation below demonstrates an example of how a generator works to produce energy. Two black arrows show the direction of the coil rotation. The blue lines represent magnetic field directed from North Pole to South Pole. The red arrows show the instantaneous direction of the induced AC current

 Electrical generators are devices that convert mechanical energy into electric energy.
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