Understanding Electrical Machines: Generators, Motors, and More

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It's called electrical machine, which is any device capable of generating, processing, or using electricity.
Generators: They are machines capable of generating electrical power from mechanical energy they receive, classified as:
"The current generating dynamo."
"The alternator generates alternating current." Transformers: These are electrical machines that convert electrical current into different features, both voltage and intensity. Motors: These are electrical machines that harness the power they receive and transform it into mechanical energy. Depending on the type of power they receive, we differentiate between DC motors and AC motors. Electric Field: A magnet or electrical current disrupts the spacing around them, giving rise to a magnetic field, which can be made visible by the existence of forces acting on test agents such as iron filings, compass needles, electricity, etc. The magnetic field is represented by power lines or lines of induction. Just like any electrical charge at rest, an electric field originates around it, characterized by lines of force and a vector quantity E, called the field intensity at each point. Any moving electrical charge produces, in addition to the electric field, a field characterized by magnetic induction lines and vector magnitude. The Magnetic Flux: This is a scalar quantity related to the number of induction lines crossing an imaginary surface located inside a magnetic field.
Induced Electromotive Force: It is produced in an inert circuit (without a generator) by varying the number of lines of induction through the surface bounded by it. Eddy Currents: These are electric currents, closed on themselves, caused by massive induction in conductors when varying the magnetic flux passing through them. The Current Electric Motor: This is the one that receives electrical energy in the form of current and transforms it into mechanical energy as a result of the rotation of its moving parts. The formation of these motors is determined by the need to establish a magnetic field and to have a series of coils traversed by electric current, located within the magnetic field. Therefore, they consist of two elements: the stator and rotor.
"The stator is the fixed part of the engine, responsible for setting the magnetic field. This has a number of coils, called spools."
"The rotor is the moving part of the engine. It consists of another set of coils, called induced coils. The engine has brushes that provide electrical current induced in the coils."
Engine Performance: When connecting the motor to the power supply, electric current flows through the inductive coils, creating an electromagnet that generates the magnetic field needed. This current also flows through the induced coils via the brushes and commutator. Once the magnetic field is established, the pairs of forces acting on the induced coils cause them to spin, and with them, the rotor turns around.

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