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And to simplify even more: Generators are just spinning magnets. When load goes up, magnetic resistance goes up, so given the same input mechanical power, the
by anamexis 6y ago
And to simplify even more:
Generators are just spinning magnets. When load goes up, magnetic resistance goes up, so given the same input mechanical power, the spinning will slow down.
- xattt 6y agoA coal power plant in Thunder Bay, Ontario used to drive an otherwise decommissioned generator for the sake of having inertial mass to stabilize the frequency of the local supply. I would imagine this is common practice in power generation in general.
- PhantomGremlin 6y agoYes, it is common practice: https://business.directenergy.com/blog/2016/may/reactive-power https://business.directenergy.com/blog/2016/may/reactive-pow... https://openei.org/wiki/Definition:Reactive_Power https://openei.org/wiki/Definition:Reactive_Power
- Johnythree 6y agoYes, it's called a "Synchronous Condenser" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronous_condenser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronous_condenser