Q. No 16: Explain the
underlying principle and working of an electric generator by drawing a labelled
diagram. What is the function of brushes?
Ans: An electric generator converts mechanical energy into
electrical energy.
The principle behind the electric motor is based on Fleming’s
right hand rule.
when a coil of insulated copper wire is forced to rotate inside
a magnetic field then electric current is induced. The following figure shows circuit
diagram of a simple AC generator. If axle X is rotated clockwise, then the
length PQ moves upwards and the length RS moves downwards.
Since the lengths PQ and RS are moving in a magnetic field, a
current will be induced due to electromagnetic induction. Length PQ is moving
upwards and the magnetic field acts from left to right. Hence, according to
Fleming’s right hand rule, the direction of induced current will be from P to Q.
Similarly, the direction of induced current in the length RS will be from R to S.
The direction of current in the coil is PQRS. Hence, the galvanometer shows a
deflection in a particular direction. After half a rotation, length PQ starts
moving down whereas length RS starts moving upward. The direction of the
induced current in the coil gets reversed as SRQP. As the direction of current
gets reversed after each half rotation, the produced current is called an
alternating current (AC). To get a unidirectional current, instead of two slip
rings, two split rings are used, as shown in the following figure. In this
arrangement, brush A always remains in contact with the length of the coil that
is moving up whereas brush B always remains in contact with the length that is
moving down. The split rings C and D act as a commutator.
The direction of current induced in the coil will be PQRS for
the first half and SRQP in the second half of the rotation. Therefore a
unidirectional current is produced from the generator called DC generator
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ReplyDeleteyou have written in the DC generator that current moves in same direction before and after half rotation of the coil also but here you have also written that current move at first on PQRS direction and after half rotation it is SRQP ........ since both are two opposite direction..... so how can it be DC current...
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ReplyDeleteThe generator is based on the principle of "electromagnetic induction" discovered in 1831 by Michael Faraday, a British scientist. Faraday discovered that if an electric conductor, like a copper wire, is moved through a magnetic field, electric current will flow (be induced) in the conductor. So the mechanical energy of the moving wire is
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