Generator - Revision history

Baughn: Correct the efficiency data.

2020-04-26T17:00:42Z

Correct the efficiency data.

Baughn at 16:59, 26 April 2020

2020-04-26T16:59:04Z

Jrddunbr at 04:39, 17 December 2017

2017-12-17T04:39:19Z

Kim: lights!

2017-09-03T08:32:46Z

lights!

Omega Haxors: Formatted Generator. Please help with polish.

2017-06-01T13:55:25Z

Formatted Generator. Please help with polish.

Omega Haxors at 03:49, 28 December 2016

2016-12-28T03:49:49Z

Omega Haxors: Created page with "The generator is used to convert motion (from a shaft) into electrical power. It can also convert electrical power into motion though this is very inefficient. It won't do any..."

2016-12-28T00:23:17Z

Created page with "The generator is used to convert motion (from a shaft) into electrical power. It can also convert electrical power into motion though this is very inefficient. It won't do any..."

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The generator is used to convert motion (from a shaft) into electrical power.
It can also convert electrical power into motion though this is very inefficient.
It won't do anything if it has nothing to transmit or accept electricity from.

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	== Efficiency ==		== Efficiency ==

−	When converting electricity into shaft power, only 75% of the power actually goes into creating motion~~. This is a huge loss, and should be avoided if possible~~. The ~~exception is to help spin up your turbines to either reach better efficiencies~~, or to ~~fire a gas turbine and produce power more efficiently. It may be a loss on the short term~~, ~~but a self-sustaining gas/steam turbine~~ is ~~far more~~ efficient ~~in the long term~~.	+	When converting electricity into shaft power, only 75% of the power actually goes into creating motion. The other way around, converting shaft power to electricity, is 95% efficient.
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−	~~--TODO find and post information about conversion from shaft power to electrical power~~

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 == Efficiency ==
-When converting electricity into shaft power, only 10% of the power actually goes into creating motion. This is a huge loss, and should be avoided if possible. The exception is to help spin up your turbines to either reach better efficiencies, or to fire a gas turbine and produce power more efficiently. It may be a loss on the short term, but a self-sustaining gas/steam turbine is far more efficient in the long term.
+When converting electricity into shaft power, only 75% of the power actually goes into creating motion. This is a huge loss, and should be avoided if possible. The exception is to help spin up your turbines to either reach better efficiencies, or to fire a gas turbine and produce power more efficiently. It may be a loss on the short term, but a self-sustaining gas/steam turbine is far more efficient in the long term.
 --TODO find and post information about conversion from shaft power to electrical power

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 |blockname=Generator
 |requirements=[[Gas_turbine]], [[Steam_turbine]], or another Generator
-|image=
+|image=Generator
 |poweredby=Shaft Power
 |type=Single

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 == Usage ==
 The generator works almost exactly the same way as the heat turbine does, only it converts the motion from a rotating shaft into electricity rather than heat moving through a turbine. It also has the ability to convert back, to keep the voltage and rotation speed in check. If possible, avoid allowing electricity to pass back into the generator unless a spin-up is intended since dramatic losses will occur.
 == Efficiency ==

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-The generator's main use is to convert motion (from a shaft) into electrical power.
+{{Block
-It can also convert electrical power into motion though this is very inefficient. Only 10% of the energy put in will actually be converted into usable power!
+== Usage ==
-It won't do anything if it has nothing to transmit or accept electricity from, meaning it's safe to disconnect and reconnect to your electrical network.
+== Efficiency ==