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1. Power plants typically use turbines to generate electricity by turning generators. Explain how a generator produces electricity.
A generator is a device that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.
Generator does not actually create electrical energy, it uses the mechanical energy and it causes movement of
electric charges present in the wire of an external electric circuit and form a electricenergy.
Actually generators work on the principle of electromagnetic induction discovered by Faraday.
According to Faraday flow of electric charges could be induced by moving an electrical conductor ( ex. a wire
that contains electric charges) in a magnetic field.
This movement creates a voltage difference between the two ends of the wire , which causes the electric charges
to flow, thus generating electric .
In power plants , electricity generators are powered by steam turbines. They spin and propell windmills using
steam.
The steam is made by boiling water using energy released from burning coal or oil,
They rotate the coil of generator and produce electricity by electromegnetic induction as explanned by faraday.