Rotating disc and generators
Question: A generator
designed to produce very large pulses of current, consists of a large metal disc which is
accelerated to rotate at high speed. A strong, uniform magnetic field is applied perpendicular
to the plane of the disc.
Each radial element of the disc can be seen as a single
conductor.
Calculate the magnitude of the induced e.m.f., if the radius of the disc is 2.0
m, the speed of rotation of the disc = 3000 revolutions per minute and the magnetic flux
density B = 1.8 T
Answer:
The e.m.f. generated = magnetic fIux cut
per second = BA per second.
Now the disc is rotating at 3000 revs per minute = 50 revs
per second.
Therefore:
Area swept out by each radius per second = area of
disc x number of revs per second
=
pxR
2x50 =
px2
2 x 50 = 628.3
m
2Flux cut per second = e.m.f. generated = 628.3 x 1.8 = 1131 V
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