Generator
Türkçe: Jeneratör
A machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy; also used as a standby source when the grid fails.
// EXPLANATION
In critical facilities such as hospitals a diesel generator starts within tens of seconds of a grid outage; a UPS bridges that gap without interruption. The transfer switch and fuel and maintenance plan decide reliability.
// ALSO KNOWN AS
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// RELATED TERMS
UPSUninterruptible power supply; a unit that keeps the load running from batteries when mains power is lost.
Power gridThe whole of the transmission and distribution lines, substations and switching equipment that moves energy from generation to consumers.
Generator step-up transformer (GSU)The transformer wired directly to a plant generator that raises its voltage (10-25 kV) to the level of the transmission grid.
