RES.6-003 | Spring 2009 | Undergraduate

Electromechanical Dynamics

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Alt text:
Top: A photograph of two streams of water running into buckets and producinng DC current. Bottom: A photograph of a three-stream water running system that produces AC current.
Caption:
Extension of Kelvin’s 2-stream high voltage DC self-excited water dynamo to 3 streams creates a three phase AC high voltage self-excited water dynamo. The water droplets pass through electrostatic induction charging rings and are then collected in barrels. Each ring is connected to the water in a neighboring barrel. The spontaneous buildup of low frequency alternating charge on the streams is evident from their oscillating spreading and collapse.(Images courtesy of Education Development Center, Inc. Used with permission.)
Top: A photograph of two streams of water running into buckets and producinng DC current. Bottom: A photograph of a three-stream water running system that produces AC current.

Course Info

As Taught In
Spring 2009
Learning Resource Types
Online Textbook
Problem Sets with Solutions