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I will start my junior year as a ME major in the fall, I currently am working for a power company on a co-op. I work with the Predictive Maintance department corporate so I am not at the plant all
the time but have a question about the turbine that might be more of a generator question.
If the turbine always spins at 3600 rpm (or very close), how is it that the generator outputs a varried amount of power depending on demand? It seems that it takes the same amount of work to spin the turbine so shouldn't you get the same amount of power out of it?
the time but have a question about the turbine that might be more of a generator question.
If the turbine always spins at 3600 rpm (or very close), how is it that the generator outputs a varried amount of power depending on demand? It seems that it takes the same amount of work to spin the turbine so shouldn't you get the same amount of power out of it?
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