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  2. Electric generator - Wikipedia

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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 static magnetic field. A potential difference is created between the center of the disc and the rim (or ends of the cylinder), the electrical polarity depending on the direction of rotation and ...

  3. DC motor - Wikipedia

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    A DC motor is an electrical motor that uses direct current (DC) to produce mechanical force. The most common types rely on magnetic forces produced by currents in the coils. Nearly all types of DC motors have some internal mechanism, either electromechanical or electronic, to periodically change the direction of current in part of the motor.

  4. Hawkins Electrical Guide - Wikipedia

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    Description: Separate excitation of an electric generator. DC generator with commutation is shown, but the principle also applies to AC alternators. Page 175, Figure 183 Main Wikipedia article: Gramme machine Description: A one pole, two coil Gramme ring. The second coil is wired in series with the first and the voltage of both is added together.

  5. Homopolar generator - Wikipedia

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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 static magnetic field. A potential difference is created between the center of the disc and the rim (or ends of the cylinder) with an electrical polarity that depends on the direction of ...

  6. Armature (electrical) - Wikipedia

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    A DC armature of a miniature motor (or generator) An example of a triple-T armature A partially-constructed DC armature, showing the (incomplete) windings In electrical engineering, the armature is the winding (or set of windings) of an electric machine which carries alternating current. [1]

  7. Electric machine - Wikipedia

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    An induction generator draws reactive power from the connected system and so cannot be an isolated source of power. In a Synchronous generator (alternator), the current for the magnetic field is provided by a DC current source, either separate or rectified from the output of the machine using a full bridge rectifier.

  8. Stator - Wikipedia

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    Rotor (lower left) and stator (upper right) of an electric motor Stator of a 3-phase AC-motor Stator of a brushless DC motor from computer cooler fan.. The stator is the stationary part of a rotary system, [1] found in electric generators, electric motors, sirens, mud motors, or biological rotors (such as bacterial flagella or ATP synthase).

  9. Motor–generator - Wikipedia

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    Aircraft radio modulator unit from the Second World War, showing a dynamotor (the black cylinder) which converts the aircraft's 24–28 V DC to 500 V DC for the transmitter. Dübendorf Museum of Military Aviation. A motor–generator (an MG set) is a device for converting electrical power to another form.