brainpicker Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Hey everyone, I'm new to the forums, this my first post. I'm working on building an electric power generator using rotating magnets. I'm trying to work every thing out on paper before I start building, but I'm struggling with the equations. Say I have a three magnets of arbitray strength rotating within a solenoid with arbitrary length and amount of coils. What equations specifically would I use to calculate the amount of electricity this system could produce? I assume the speed at which the magnets are rotating matters, as well as what material the wire in the solenoid is made of, say I'll use copper. I know this has something to do with Faraday's Law, and magnetic field strength, but I can't seem to boil down the equations to something simple enough to work with. Any advice or referrals to informational websites would be greatly appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydoaPs Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 I know this has something to do with Faraday's Law, and magnetic field strength, but I can't seem to boil down the equations to something simple enough to work with. IIRC, Faraday's Law can be written as: [math]V={\Phi}N[/math] Where V is voltage, [math]\Phi[/math] is magnetic flux, and N is the rotational speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/farlaw.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 on a more Practical note (my Speciality) check this out: http://www.otherpower.com/wisc06.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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