ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION

Mr. BoggioJanuary 2015

Edison - DC Current VS. Westinghouse -AC Current (Circa 1893) And Tesla Too – AC was Tesla’s Patent

Alternating Current Won (as a Power Distribution Method)

Please use switch on Wall to turn on lights

Perspire Freely

Tesla and Static Electricity

TESLA and the ELECTROSTATIC GENERATOR

Nickoli Tesla was a Cool Inventor – He owned the Patent for Alternating Current Technology

Lightning is an example of static electricity

Electric Power Generation

It’s all the same:

Energy Source Heat Energy (Optional) → →Mechanical (Kinetic) Energy Electrical Energy→

Energy Sources

HydroelectricNuclear

Fossil fuels (Coal)Natural GasGeothermal

SolarWindTidal

Hydroelectric Power

Hydroelectric Plant

Inside a hydroelectric generator

How a Generator works

When the rotor is set in motion a current is induced and electric power is produced. The rotor is set in motion when the turbine Spins.

HOOVER DAM GENERATORS

Hoover Dam Hydroelectric PlantColorado River

Niagra Falls Hydroelectric PlantNiagra River

Niagra Falls

Nuclear Power

Nuclear Power Plant

Uranium is the Nuclear fuel source

Fossil Fuel Power

Coal fired power plant

Coal fired power plant

Natural Gas Power

Natural Gas Power Plant

Geothermal Power

Geothermal Power PlantYou need a geothermal source – like “old Faithful” in

Yellowstone national park

Old Faithful Geyser

Geothermal Power Plant

Solar Power

Solar Power Array(There’s one on wyckoff rd. in tinton falls)

Solar Power Plant

Wind Power

Plains Wind Farm

Wind Power Array and Power Plant

Wind Generator

Wind Power Plant

Tidal Power

Tidal Power Plant

Tidal Power Generators