Electric motor and Generator

• A generator converts mechanical energy to electrical energy.
• A generator is a device that converts mechanical energy obtained from an external source into electrical energy as the output.
• ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION - Faraday discovered that when a conductor moves in a magnetic field, electrical charges could be created and directed to create a flow of current.
• Stator - the main function of this is to provide magnetic fields where the coil spins.
• Rotor - in a DC machine includes slotted iron laminations with slots that are stacked to shape a cylindrical armature core.
• Commutator - works like a a rectifier that changes AC voltages to DC voltage within the armature winding.
• Brushes - this are in constant contact with the commutator and are attached to the wires leading from the generator.
• Shaft - this transfers mechanical energy to the generator and turns the coil through the magnetic field.
• electric motor - anything that changes electricity to motion
• electric motor - converts electrical energy to mechanical energy
• Danish physicist HANS CHRISTIAN OERSTED. He showed by experiment that an electric current flowing through a wire could move a magnet.
• ELECTROMAGNETISM - if you run electricity through a wire, it creates a magnetic field around the wire.
• Parts of a Generator - stator, rotor, commutator, brushes, and shaft
• Parts of an Electric Motor - stator, rotor, and commutator
• A generator is a machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.
• Generator produces electricity, hence the glowing of LED lights when rotation takes place.
• the generator is used to produce an electric current from a rotational motion of the CD with handle.
• generator works on Michael Farraday`s Electromagnetic induction.
• on a large scale power station like the hydroelectric power plant (San Roque dam) a turbine is used to provide the rotation.
• an electric motor is a machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy
• the battery supplies the electric current into the coil and it gets converted into motion
• Hans Christian Oersted discovered that a magnetic field was produced by a flow of electric current.
• when a battery is connected, the coil creates a magnetic field that interacts with the already existing magnetic field brough by the magnet.
• the interaction of magnetic fields from the battery and magnet forces the coil to rotate