Question

Why is an alternating current considered to be advantageous over direct current for long range transmission of electric energy.

Answer 1

Answer:

• An alternating current is considered to be advantageous over direct current for long distance range transmission of electrical energy because an alternating current will have much less loss of electricity as compared to the transmission through the direct current, and the mechanical generation of Direct Current is much more complex.

Explanation:

• An alternating current can be defined as the current generated by the movement of charges which changes their direction peroidcally.

• One of the reason why AC is used over DC is being DC is much more complex and difficult to generate as compared to the AC.

• Also, AC is cheaper to generate as compared to DC and also have higher efficiency than the DC current.

• The most important advantage of AC over DC is that the amount of loss of energy during the transmission of AC current is negligible but it is much more higher in DC current.