Electrical Power Systems Technology

130 Electrical Power Systems Technology the laser-induced method, must be considered. It is thought that the pulsed- laser techn ...

Alternative Power Systems 131 All present fusion power-plant designs have basic problems. Solutions to these problems, and devel ...

132 Electrical Power Systems Technology reactants from an external source. Ordinarily, hydrogen gas is delivered to the anode of ...

Alternative Power Systems 133 TIDAL POWER SYSTEMS The rise and fall of waters along coastal areas, which is caused by gravitatio ...

134 Electrical Power Systems Technology volving several different steps. Coal gasification may be one solution to the problem of ...

Alternative Power Systems 135 inlets, or in the ocean. The plants could be manufactured on land and then transported to the area ...

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137 Chapter 6 Alternating Current Power Systems Some of the basics of alternating current (AC) power systems were dis- cussed in ...

138 Electrical Power Systems Technology Slip Ring/Brush Assembly AC Sine Wave Single-Phase AC Generator Rotating-Armature Method ...

Alternating Current Power Systems 139 tor can be moved through the magnetic field, or the conductor can be held stationary and t ...

140 Electrical Power Systems Technology BASIC GENERATOR OPERATION As stated previously, the operation of the electrical generato ...

Alternating Current Power Systems 141 Point your forefinger in the direction of the magnetic lines of force (from north to sout ...

142 Electrical Power Systems Technology Find: the amount of induced voltage in each conductor. Solution: Vi = B × L × v = 0.8 × ...

Alternating Current Power Systems 143 Generating AC Voltage Figure 6-3 shows a magnetic field developed by a set of permanent ma ...

144 Electrical Power Systems Technology they rotate. No current is induced into the conductors at position A, and the resulting ...

Alternating Current Power Systems 145 where: Vi = the instantaneous induced voltage, Vmax = the maximum induced voltage, and θ = ...

146 Electrical Power Systems Technology oped by three-phase alternators, and then converted to single-phase elec- tricity by the ...

Alternating Current Power Systems 147 small power ratings can be used with the rotating-armature type of alter- nator. The major ...

148 Electrical Power Systems Technology ing field through the slip ring/brush assembly, while 13.8 kilovolts AC is induced into ...

Alternating Current Power Systems 149 source through a slip ring/brush assembly to the windings of the rotor. The magnetic polar ...