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    An alternator is an electrical generator that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy in the form of alternating current. For reasons of cost and...
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    An alternator is a type of electric generator used in modern automobiles to charge the battery and to power the electrical system when its engine is running...
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    An Alexanderson alternator is a rotating machine, developed by Ernst Alexanderson beginning in 1904, for the generation of high-frequency alternating current...
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  • compensated pulsed alternator, also known by the portmanteau compulsator, is a form of power supply. As the name suggests, it is an alternator that is "compensated"...
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    A linear alternator is essentially a linear motor used as an electrical generator. An alternator is a type of alternating current (AC) electrical generator...
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    electric motor, the alternating-current alternator, and the rotary converter. Today, the simpler alternator dominates large scale power generation, for...
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  • BAS (belted alternator starter) is a category of automotive parallel hybrid technology that uses an electric motor to contribute power to the internal...
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    The Goldschmidt alternator or reflector alternator, invented in 1908 by German engineer Rudolph Goldschmidt, was a rotating machine which generated radio...
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  • from the alternator while the battery is being charged. Due to such a disconnection of the battery, other loads connected to the alternator experience...
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    the combination of a diesel engine with an electric generator (often an alternator) to generate electrical energy. This is a specific case of an engine generator...
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