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2 unusual facts about electric generator


Ultimo Power Station

Each dynamo (generator) was rated at 849.75 kilowatts (kW) at 550 volts direct current (1545 amperes) and could be overloaded by up to 50 percent to satisfy peak demand.

Ultimo Power Station boasted a mixture of equipment, initially consisting of American-made steam engines coupled to dynamoelectric machines (direct current generators).


Stator

The stator is the stationary part of a rotary system, found in electric generators, electric motors, sirens, or biological rotors.

Technological applications of superconductivity

Promising future industrial and commercial HTS applications include Induction heaters, transformers, fault current limiters, power storage, motors and generators, fusion reactors (see ITER) and magnetic levitation devices.


see also

Genset

Diesel generator, a combination of diesel engine and electric generator

Seashore Trolley Museum

In the 1950s, a diesel-powered electric generator was used to allow the cars to move under their own power.