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  2. Electric generator - Wikipedia

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    Armature: The power-producing component of an electrical machine. In a generator, alternator, or dynamo, the armature windings generate the electric current, which provides power to an external circuit. The armature can be on either the rotor or the stator, depending on the design, with the field coil or magnet on the other part.

  3. Capability curve - Wikipedia

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    Capability curves for generators with full converters: D-shape (red), rectangular (green), triangular (blue) The inverter-based resources (like solar photovoltaic (PV) generators, doubly-fed induction generators and full-converter wind generators, also known as "Type 3" and "Type 4" turbines [5]) need to have reactive capabilities in order to contribute to the grid stability, yet their ...

  4. Inertial response - Wikipedia

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    Since the rotational speed and thus the kinetic energy of a synchronous generator does not depend on its current power level, the inertia of the overall grid is related to the inertia constants of the running generators; [7] at the time of lower power demand (say, at night) there might be less generators running, and thus a similar contingency ...

  5. Sources of electrical energy - Wikipedia

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    The electric field sends the electron to the p-type material, and the hole to the n-type material. If an external current path is provided, electrical energy will be available to do work. The electron flow provides the current, and the cell's electric field creates the voltage. With both current and voltage the silicon cell has power.

  6. Generator (circuit theory) - Wikipedia

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    A generator in electrical circuit theory is one of two ideal elements: an ideal voltage source, or an ideal current source. [1] These are two of the fundamental elements in circuit theory. Real electrical generators are most commonly modelled as a non-ideal source consisting of a combination of an ideal source and a resistor.

  7. Forced outage - Wikipedia

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    Forced outage rate (FOR or FOAR) of a power station unit is the probability that the unit will not be available for service when required.. FOR is defined as the number of hours the unit is on forced outage over the total number of hours in a year (which is the sum of hours the power station is available for service and hours the power station is in forced outage).

  8. Electric eel - Wikipedia

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    The ability to produce high-voltage, high-frequency pulses in addition enables the electric eel to electrolocate rapidly moving prey. [47] The total electric current delivered during each pulse can reach about 1 ampere. [48] Impedance matching in strongly electric fishes.

  9. Permanent magnet synchronous generator - Wikipedia

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    A permanent magnet synchronous generator is a generator where the excitation field is provided by a permanent magnet instead of a coil. The term synchronous refers here to the fact that the rotor and magnetic field rotate with the same speed, because the magnetic field is generated through a shaft-mounted permanent magnet mechanism, and current is induced into the stationary armature.