Alternating Current (AC)

Jesús Baez

August, 2014
 AC GENERATOR

http://educypedia.karadimov.info/library/ac_generator2.swf

http://vcephysics.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Power-Transmission.pdf
POWER
 Example

The higher the transmission voltage, the lower and the

losses (higher efficiency) and the lower the voltage drop
(better voltage regulation)

Note: This is a very simplified analysis. Assumptions: Ideal transformers (no losses), single-phase system, inductive
and capacitive effects neglected, power factor=1, conductors are the same for the three scenarios.
 Generalized Analysis

Ps  PG
VRTL
VL 
N
I 
I L  N I TL   N  G   I G
N
PL  PR

IG
VSTL  ( N ) VG I TL  VRTL  VSTL  I TL (2 Rw )
N

PR  PS  I TL  (2 Rw 2 )
2

Transmissi on efficiency
 PR   PS  I TL 2 (2 Rw) 
  100   100 
 Ps   Ps 
Example (Low voltage)
Electrical Power System
http://educypedia.karadimov.info/library/ac_generator2.swf

http://vcephysics.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Power-Transmission.pdf

http://electrical-engineering-tutorials.blogspot.mx/2010/09/advantages-of-ac-over-dc-why-generation.html

http://science.howstuffworks.com/electricity8.htm

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_advantages_of_AC_electrical_current_over_DC_electrical_current

http://resources.schoolscience.co.uk/CDA/16plus/copelech5pg2.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLNugJwBRow

http://www.dnatube.com/video/11775/How-AC-Generators-Work

http://www.energyeducation.tx.gov/energy/section_3/topics/where_does_electricity_come_from/c/inside_a_generat
or_animation.html

http://www.generatorguide.net/howgeneratorworks.html