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minus-squarethedirtyknapkin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agoaah, but it didn’t say steam, it said boiling water. smaller gas generators based on internal combustion engines don’t boil water though, right?
minus-squarebaines@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 month agoboiling just makes the water move, hydro just cheats
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 month agoElectromagnetic induction. Basically electric motor in reverse…instead of electricity powering the motor, the motor powers electricity. But the trick is in “what spins the motor”. In the case if ICE generators, it’s usually a pulley off the crankshaft. Or it could be moving water.
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-230 days ago gas generators based on internal combustion they heat air, afaik. hot gas expands -> mechanical movement moves magnets -> electromagnetism -> electric power.
aah, but it didn’t say steam, it said boiling water.
smaller gas generators based on internal combustion engines don’t boil water though, right?
boiling just makes the water move, hydro just cheats
Electromagnetic induction.
Basically electric motor in reverse…instead of electricity powering the motor, the motor powers electricity.
But the trick is in “what spins the motor”. In the case if ICE generators, it’s usually a pulley off the crankshaft.
Or it could be moving water.
they heat air, afaik. hot gas expands -> mechanical movement moves magnets -> electromagnetism -> electric power.