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An AC generator converts _______ energy into ______ energy.

Asked in GSEB Board July 2021 · Applications and conceptual

Answer: (1) Mechanical, electrical

Step-by-step solution

Idea: in an AC generator a coil is rotated in a magnetic field by an outside agent — a turbine, an engine, or a hand crank.

The rotation keeps changing the flux through the coil, which induces an alternating emf, ε = NABω sin ω t.

The work done against the magnetic braking on the coil is what appears as electrical energy in the circuit.

So an AC generator converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.

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