Alternating Current Electric Generator Design Using PhET Simulation
Djoko Untoro Suwarno

Electrical Engineering Department,
Faculty of Science and Technology
Sanata Dharma University
Paingan, Maguwoharjo, Sleman 55282
Indonesia

Abstract

The need for renewable energy causes a lot of research related to energy harvesting. Research on renewable energy is mostly done with the topic of energy measurement. The energy produced is still low, this is because the generator selection is not right. In general, research on energy harvesting uses a motor as a generator with high rotation.
In this study, a generator design simulation was carried out to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy. Simulation using PhET simulation adn GeoGebra. The simulation carried out changing the speed of the magnet, changing the distance between the coil and the magnet, the intensity of the magnet, the number of turns of the coil.
The simulation results obtained an AC electric generator depending on the location of the coil, coil configuration, the number of turns of the coil, the type of magnet, the distance between the magnet and the coil and the rotational speed of the coil according to Faraday^s law of induced voltage.

Keywords: AC generator, simulation, PhET, GeoGebra

Topic: Electrical Engineering