GENERATORS AND TRANSFORMERS发电机和变压器.pptVIP

GENERATORS AND TRANSFORMERS ALTERNATING CURRENT If you use an oscilliscope and look at the power found at a normal outlet in your house, you will find is that the power looks like a sine wave, and that wave oscillates between -170 volts and 170 volts (the peaks are indeed at 170 volts; it is the effective (rms) voltage that is 120 volts). The rate of oscillation for the sine wave is 60 cycles per second. Oscillating power like this is generally referred to as AC, or alternating current. AC has at least three advantages over DC in a power distribution grid: Large electrical generators happ