About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 82. Chapters: Wind generator, Electrical generator, Magneto, Auxiliary power unit, Van de Graaff generator, Electrodynamic tether, Radioisotope thermoelectric generator, Wind turbine, Doubly-fed electric machine, List of electrostatic generator patents, MHD generator, Diesel generator, Alternator, Homopolar generator, Dynamo, Head end power, Small wind turbine, Gramme machine, Pelamis Wave Energy Converter, Thermionic converter, Airborne wind turbine, Atomic battery, Engine-generator, Systems for Nuclear Auxiliary Power, Wimshurst machine, Superconducting electric machine, List of homopolar generator patents, Induction generator, Ringle Crouch Green Mill, Sandhurst, Yaw drive, Nameplate capacity, Ram air turbine, Alkali-metal thermal to electric converter, Singly-fed electric machine, Permanent magnet synchronous generator, St Margaret's Bay Windmill, Windbelt, Excitation, Jacobs Wind, Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generator, Linear alternator, Wells turbine, Anti-twister mechanism, Radioisotope piezoelectric generator, Wave motor, Hybrid generator, Vibration-powered generator, Slot insulation, Hydrogen turboexpander-generator, MAGPIE, Third-brush dynamo, Winding factor, Beta-M, Critical field resistance, Gross generation, Energy Ball, Net generation, Faraday Wheel, Hotel Electric Power, V curve, Peltric set. Excerpt: Electrodynamic tethers (EDTs) are long conducting wires, such as one deployed from a tether satellite, which can operate on electromagnetic principles as generators, by converting their kinetic energy to electrical energy, or as motors, converting electrical energy to kinetic energy. Electric potential is generated across a conductive tether by its motion through the Earth's magnetic field. The choice of the metal conductor to be used in an electrodynamic tether is determined by a variety of factors. Primary factor...
