• An induction generator (or asynchronous generator) is a type of alternating current (AC) electrical generator that uses the principles of induction motors...
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    electricity generation, a generator, also called an electric generator, electrical generator, and electromagnetic generator is an electromechanical device...
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  • electric machines, Doubly fed induction generator (DFIG), or slip-ring generators, are electric motors or electric generators, where both the field magnet...
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  • up.[citation needed] An induction heater typically consists of three elements. Often referred to as the inverter or generator. This part of the system...
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    and transformers, and devices such as electric motors and generators. Electromagnetic induction was discovered by Michael Faraday, published in 1831. It...
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    this reason, induction motors are sometimes referred to as "asynchronous motors". An induction motor can be used as an induction generator, or it can be...
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    A homopolar generator is a DC electrical generator comprising an electrically conductive disc or cylinder rotating in a plane perpendicular to a uniform...
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    If an induction motor is connected to a capacitor and the shaft turns above synchronous speed, it operates as a self-excited induction generator. Many...
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    electrical machines. Electric machines, in the form of synchronous and induction generators, produce about 95% of all electric power on Earth (as of early 2020s)...
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    as a generator, the armature EMF drives the armature current, and the shaft's movement is converted to electrical power. In an induction generator, generated...
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    conjunction with multi-phase induction generators (MPIGs) driven by wind turbines have been proposed. An induction generator produces electrical power when...
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  • Induction sealing is the process of bonding thermoplastic materials by induction heating. This involves controlled heating an electrically conducting object...
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    machine, the Van de Graaff generator and the electrophorus, use this principle. See also Stephen Gray in this context. Due to induction, the electrostatic potential...
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    simple forms from the discovery of the magnetic induction of electric current in the 1830s. Rotating generators naturally produced alternating current, but...
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  • from the material bulk. Using this technique, induction heating of the bulk is avoided. An induction generator is used to produce high frequency current in...
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    or friction) Influence machines use electrostatic induction Others The first electrostatic generators are called friction machines because of the friction...
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    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...
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    investigative costs. The device is referenced in the Big Black song "Newman Generator", recorded for their 1987 Peel Session. Ferranti effect Gyroscope Inductor...
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    Squirrel-cage rotor (category Induction motors)
    squirrel-cage rotor is the rotating part of the common squirrel-cage induction motor. It consists of a cylinder of steel laminations, with aluminum or...
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    electromagnetic induction, is the fundamental operating principle of transformers, inductors, and many types of electric motors, generators and solenoids...
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    Flux switching alternator (category Electrical generators)
    switching alternator is a form of high-speed alternator, an AC electrical generator, intended for direct drive by a turbine. They are simple in design with...
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  • the induction of current in the electrical conductor, which tends to keep the enclosed flux at its original value. In magneto-explosive generators, the...
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  • in doubly-fed induction generators (DFIG), which have two sets of powered magnetic windings, than in squirrel-cage induction generators which have only...
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    transmission of AC power throughout the area, connecting the electricity generators with consumers. Grids can enable more efficient electricity markets. Although...
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    invented the "Holtz electrostatic influence machine", an electrostatic induction generator that converted mechanical work into electrostatic energy, needing...
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    Black start (redirect from BS generator)
    turbines, mini-hydro, or micro-hydro plants, are often connected to induction generators which are incapable of providing power to re-energize the network...
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  • as a means to melt steel, and the motor generator was developed to provide the power required for the induction furnace. After general acceptance of the...
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  • to heat the work pieces. The capacitor matches the power generators output and the induction coil transfers energy to the piece. When welding the coil...
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    (synchronous generators) or within a few percent of constant speed (induction generators). As of 2011, many turbines used fixed-speed induction generators (FSIG)...
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