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3.
Experiments
with
the
steam
engine
and
additional
components
Together with the added components and the steam model one now can start
to build electrical and electronic circuits.
3.1 The components and their description
Here are described the qualities and the use of the added components in the
Steam Box D 100E and the E-Box 50
3.1.1 The generator
You find a permanently excited current machine in the Steam Box D 100E
and the E-Box 50, which is used in the experiments mainly as a generator.
To be more precisely there does not exist any difference between an engine
and a generator. Depending on the use and the electrical wiring a machine
works as an engine or a generator.
The generator with its permanent excitement has the advantage to create the
field for induction/generating electricity through a permanent magnet
instead of using a coil. This construction saves energy which is normally
used to establish the electric field. In cases of low rotating speed of a steam
engine it avoids that there is more energy consumed then being produced.
The direct current generator has a rotor (a coil out of enamelled copper
wire), which turns within a constant magnet field (stator). This rotor coil is
connected through a brush-like commutator to the generator connections
(red and black connection cable). With each half rotation of the rotor the
commutator changes the polarity of the coil.
Fig.3.0.1: circuit symbol, generator
Summary of Contents for D100E
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