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• electric generator — ▪ instrument Introduction also called  dynamo,         any machine that converts mechanical energy to electricity for transmission and distribution over power lines to domestic, commercial, and industrial customers. Generators also produce the… …   Universalium

• Electric generator — U.S. NRC image of a modern steam turbine generator In electricity generation, an electric generator is a device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy. A generator forces electric charge (usually carried by electrons) to flow… …   Wikipedia

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• Steam turbine — A rotor of a modern steam turbine, used in a power plant A steam turbine is a mechanical device that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam, and converts it into rotary motion. Its modern manifestation was invented by Sir Charles Parsons… …   Wikipedia

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• generator — /jen euh ray teuhr/, n. 1. a machine that converts one form of energy into another, esp. mechanical energy into electrical energy, as a dynamo, or electrical energy into sound, as an acoustic generator. 2. a person or thing that generates. 3.… …   Universalium

• Steam generator (railroad) — Steam generator is the term used to describe a type of boiler used to produce steam for climate control and potable water heating in railroad passenger cars. The output of a railroad steam generator is low pressure, saturated steam that is passed …   Wikipedia

• Electric steam boiler — Electric steam boilers are used to generate steam for process purposes in many locations, e.g. laundries, food processing factories and hospitals. Although they are more expensive to run than gas fired or oil fired boilers they are popular… …   Wikipedia

• Steam engine — A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid. [ [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/564472/steam engine steam engine Britannica Online Encyclopedia ] ] Steam engines have a long history,… …   Wikipedia

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