Course: Electricity Generation: Deconstructing Turbines and Generators

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• Course description
   Course Contents, Concepts and Issues
   
  Part 1: Force, Energy and Electricity
  
  The Concept of Matter;
  The Indestructibility of Matter;
  The Concept of Force;
  Kinetic Energy;
  Potential Energy;
  Inertia of Motion;
  Inertia of Stability;
  Mechanical Energy;
  Electrical Energy;
  The Impulse Principle;
  The Reaction Principle;
  Magnets and Magnetic Force;
  The Principle of Electromagnetic Induction;
  The Right-Hand Rule and the Direction of Current;
  Direct Current;
  Alternating Current.
  
   
  Part 2- Turbines and Generators: Generation of Electricity as Alternating Current (AC) - 1
  
  Electromagnetic Induction;
  Electromagnetic Force (EMF) Equation.
  AC Generators or Alternators;
  The Components of an AC Generator:
  Field
  Armature
  Prime Mover
  Rotor
  Stator
  Slip Rings
  The Architecture and Principle of Operation of Turbines;
  The Function of Turbines in Electricity Generation;
  The Function of Alternators in Electricity Generation;
  
  Water Turbine:
  Part 3- Turbines and Generators: Generation of Electricity as Alternating Current (AC) - 2
   
  Impulse and Reaction Turbines:
  Steam Turbines                                                
  Wind Turbines:
  
  Main bearing;
  Main Shraft;
  Hub;
  Gearbox;
  Brake;
  Generator;
  Generator Shaft;
  Bed Plate;
  Wind Vane;
  Anemometer;
  
  
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  Yaw Drive;
  Yaw Motor;
  Wind Vanes;
  Nacelle;
  
  
  Part 4 - Generators: Types and Usage
  DC Generators:
   
  Types of Direct Current (DC) Generators:
  
  Separately excited DC Generators;
  Self-excited: DC Generators.
  
   
  Self-excited: DC Generators:
  
  Series Wound DC Generators;
  Shunt Wound DC Generators;
  Compound Wound DC Generators.
  
  Main Components of a DC Generator
  
  Yoke;
  Poles and pole shoes;
  Field winding;
  Armature core;
  Armature winding;
  Commutator and brushes. 
  
  
  Load Regulation Characteristics of DC Generators;
  Shunt-Connected DC Generators.
  Construction and Working Principles of Alternating Current Generators;
  Winding Terminologies for the Alternator;
  The Electromagnetic Force (EMF) Equation of an Alternator.
  Belt-Driven Starter-Generators;
  Gasoline Generators;
  Standby Generators;
  Diesel Generators;
  Natural Gas Generators;
  Portable Generators;
  Solar Generators;
  Inverter Generators;
  Hydrogen Generators.
  
  Part 5: Pulse Generators (PG)
   
  Pulse Generators and their Function
  Types of Pulse Generators
  
  Hall Effect Pulse Generators;
  Inductive Pulse Generators;
  AC-Powered Pulse Generator (ACPG)
  Optical Pulse Generators
  Multiple-channels Pulse Generators
  Microwave Pulsers.

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