Question

Diagram of AC generator.????????

Answer 1

☆ Parts of an AC Electric Generator

Insulated Copper wire: A rectangular rotating coil of wire ABCD
Magnet Poles: A magnet as placed above ie North Pole and South Pole. This creates a magnetic field as shown above. The rectangular coil is placed between these magnets
Split Rings: Two disjoint C-shaped rings R1 and R2 are internally attached to the Axle.. Ends of the coil are connected to R1 and R2. The inner portion of these rins are made of non-conducting material
Axle: The split rings are placed on the axle which is made to rotate freely from an external source.
Brushes: The outside of the split rings are connected to conducting brushes B1 and B2. B1 and B2 is kept pressed on R1 and R2 respectively.
Galvanometer : To measure current. The outer ends of the brushes are connected to the galvanometer to measure the current

☆ Working

The axle is rotated such that it moves in the clockwise directions that is AB moves up and CD moves down.
According to Fleming's Right Hand rule,
the induced current is setup in the coil along B1-> AB -> BC -> CD -> B2. This means that the external current flows from B2 to B1.After half a rotation, arm CD starts moves up and AB moves down.
According to Fleming's Right Hand rule,
the induced current is setup in the coil along B2-> AB -> BC -> CD -> B1. This means that the external current flows from B1 to B2.Thus after every half rotation of the coil, the current changes direction. 
This is called an AC current.
AC current(Alternating current) : Changes its direction after equal intervals of time. It is easier to transmit this current over long distances due to lesser loses and hence this is the current that is supplied to our houses from the electricity department.

Answer 2

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$<b>$ An alternator is an electrical machine which converts mechanical energy into alternating electric energy. They are also known as synchronous generators.

How Does An AC Generator Work?

The working principle of an alternator or AC generator is similar to the basic working principle of a DC generator.



Above figure helps you understanding how an alternator or AC generator works.  According to the Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction, whenever a conductor moves in a magnetic field EMF gets induced across the conductor. If the close path is provided to the conductor, induced emf causes current to flow in the circuit.

Now, see the above figure. Let the conductor coil ABCD is placed in a magnetic field. The direction of magnetic flux will be form N pole to S pole. The coil is connected to slip rings, and the load is connected through brushes resting on the slip rings.

Now, consider the case 1 from above figure. The coil is rotating clockwise, in this case the direction of induced current can be given by Fleming's right hand rule, and it will be along A-B-C-D.

As the coil is rotating clockwise, after half of the time period, the position of the coil will be as in second case of above figure. In this case, the direction of the induced current according to Fleming's right hand rule will be along D-C-B-A. It shows that, the direction of the current changes after half of the time period, that means we get an alternating current.

Construction Of AC Generator (Alternator)

Salient pole type alternator


Main parts of the alternator, obviously, consists of stator and rotor. But, the unlike other machines, in most of the alternators, field exciters are rotating and the armature coil is stationary.


Stator: Unlike in DC machine stator of an alternator is not meant to serve path for magnetic flux. Instead, the stator is used for holding armature winding. The stator core is made up of lamination of steel alloys or magnetic iron, to minimize the eddy current losses.

Why Armature Winding Is Stationary In An Alternator?

At high voltages, it easier to insulate stationary armature winding, which may be as high as 30 kV or more.

The high voltage output can be directly taken out from the stationary armature. Whereas, for a rotary armature, there will be large brush contact drop at higher voltages, also the sparking at the brush surface will occur.

Field exciter winding is placed in rotor, and the low dc voltage can be transferred safely.

The armature winding can be braced well, so as to prevent deformation caused by the high centrifugal force.

Rotor:  There are two types of rotor used in an AC generator / alternator:

(i) Salient and (ii) Cylindrical type

Salient pole type: Salient pole type rotor is used in low and medium speed alternators. Construction of AC generator of salient pole type rotor is shown in the figure above. This type of rotor consists of large number of projected poles (called salient poles), bolted on a magnetic wheel. These poles are also laminated to minimize the eddy current losses. Alternators featuring this type of rotor are large in diameters and short in axial length.

Cylindrical type: Cylindrical type rotors are used in high speed alternators, especially in turbo alternators. This type of rotor consists of a smooth and solid steel cylinder havingg slots along its outer periphery. Field windings are placed in these slots.

The DC suppy is given to the rotor winding through the slip rings and and brushes arrangement.

Uses


AC generators are a very common component in many applications, such as,

1. automobiles, where they are known as alternators
2.power generation from windmills
3.power generation from hydro-electric dams

Basically AC generators have a couple of big advantages over DC generators:

1.AC generators are cheaper to produce
2.The power they generate is easier to step up and down via transformers






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