...A lot of people worked to develop the understanding of electricity that we have today. Humanity had to first discover electrical charge to discover electricity. The Greeks were the first to discover electrical charge. Electrical charge is static electricity, or electricity that does not move. This discovery happened over 2,600 years ago. Among those who studied electricity was Benjamin Franklin. He is famous for his experiments with electricity, but he did not discover it. Franklin's famous experiment in 1752 with the kite, key, and storm simply proved that lightning and tiny electric sparks were the same thing. Franklin understood this fact when a spark jumped from the key on the kite string to his wrist shortly after lightning struck his kite. The first man to discover a steady flow of electrical charge was Alessandro Volta. Around 1800 an Italian doctor named Luigi Galvani had found that a frog's leg twitches when it touched two different kinds of metals. Volta studied Galvani's findings and concluded that a kind of electrical potential between two metals caused electrical charge to flow through the frog's leg and make it twitch. Electricity has been known to exist from thousands of years, because we know from texts that Egyptians knew of shocks from some electric fish. However, the steady production of electricity didn't occur...
Words: 847 - Pages: 4
...industry provides the production and delivery of electric energy, often known as power, or electricity, in sufficient quantities to areas that need electricity through a grid connection. The grid distributes electrical energy to customers. Electric power is generated by central power stations or by distributed generation. Many households and businesses need access to electricity, especially in developed nations, the demand being scarcer in developing nations. Demand for electricity is derived from the requirement for electricity in order to operate domestic appliances, office equipment, industrial machinery and provide sufficient energy for both domestic and commercial lighting, heating, cooking and industrial processes. I have Chosen this industry due to the importance of this service to the human beings basic act of need and requirement toward productive living standards. In many foreign countries and settlements this “powerful service giant” is utilized consistently and in some area not at all. I will endeavor in the process and explanation of this required service to the northern hemisphere. Before I endeavor in the company and its business affairs I want to bring forward a person whom is often overlooked and not mentioned. Mr. Nikola Tesla he was an inventor, physicist, mechanical engineer, electrical engineer, and futurist. He was an important contributor to the use of commercial electricity, and is best known for his contributions to the modern alternating current (AC) electrical...
Words: 1197 - Pages: 5
...Source: OAPEC (2005, 2012) 930 Thousand boe/day 1718.1 Thousand boe/day Final Energy Consumption - 2009 4% 79% 17% Industrial 38% Transport 5% Residential 33% Commercial 18% Agricultural 6% Electricity Oil products Bio fuels and waste Source: IEA (2009) Country Profile - Energy Efficiency - Egypt 2012. Copyright © 2013 RCREEE. www.rcreee.org EE Targets and Designated Agency ▪ ▪ The National Energy Efficiency Action Plan (NEEAP) is adopted (2012-2015) with cumulative EE targets of 5%. No designated EE agency is responsible for formulating, promoting, and implementing energy efficiency measures and policies. There is an EE unit at the Council of Ministers secretariat that is identified as the mandated entity for developing and implementing NEEAP. Regulatory Framework ▪ No general legal framework for EE measures. Draft electricity law contains a chapter on EE with provisions relating to cogeneration, standards, and labeling. Mandatory EE code for residential buildings (2006), EE code for commercial buildings (2009), and EE code for governmental buildings (2011) are adopted. Minimum energy performance standards with mandatory labeling schemes have been adopted for refrigerators, freezers, washing machines, air conditioners, CFLs, and electric water heaters. Regulatory Framework EE Targets and Designated Agency Electricity Pricing ▪ ▪ Implementation Capacity Energy Service Providers Financial Incentives Implementation Capacity ▪ ▪ ▪...
Words: 702 - Pages: 3
...sold to industrial companies to power factories but electricity has not yet been distributed. In the early years of the power industry, it was led by Thomas Edison, Charles Brush and Werner von Siemens, who were creating direct current systems to provide power. The first power station in the United States was called the Pearl Street Station and it serviced roughly 80 customers in the Manhattan area of New York. This is an extremely small number compared to the billions of people that use electricity today. Thomas Edison’s Pearl Street Station was originally started to be able to provide electricity to his new invention, the light bulb. The early direct current systems worked great for supplying electricity to places within one mile of the power supply but people wanted to send power over long distances. In order to send DC power long distances, it had to be sent at a very high voltage. This led to the HVDC method which allowed the power to travel longer distance. The HVDC method was short-lived and in in the late 1880s and early 1890s alternating current came out. AC power was engineered by Oliver Shallenberger of Westinghouse and is much more versatile than direct current power because its voltage can be changed. His first system operated at 1000 volts and had a transmission length of 3 miles. The AC power technology spread rapidly, and as more people go involved, the better it became. In 1891 Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky was able to transmit electricity 109 miles...
Words: 433 - Pages: 2
...SERRES CASSANDRA ANGLAIS ACG ALTERNANCE GDF SUEZ is a multinational company, located in Paris and which operates in the fields of electricity generation and distribution, natural gas and renewable energy. The company was created in 2008 by the merger of Gaz de France and Suez. It takes its origins to the Universal Suez Canal Company founded in 1858 to construct the Suez Canal. GDF SUEZ employs 236,000 people worldwide, including 1,200 researchers and experts at 9 Research & Development centers. GDF SUEZ is organized in six business departments: * Energy France which supplies natural gas and electricity throughout France. * Energy Europe and International, engaged in the production of electricity and distribution and supplying of gas through the world. * Global Gas and Liquid Natural Gas, which includes production, supply and sales of liquid & natural gas. * Infrastructures which operates the transport, supply and storage of natural gas. * Energy Services, which provides consulting services for the construction of electrical, nuclear, gas and industrial facilities. I started my job at GDF in September 2013 and I joined the “Partners Department”. There are 170 people who are working in this department. Most of them are salesmen and they are in charge of selling Gas or Electric contracts thanks to our partners. The partners can be famous stores like Darty or Internity or little independent plumbers. When a partner sells a contract, he...
Words: 312 - Pages: 2
...The Energy Reform will allow our country to develop in the energy section, without privatizing the enterprises that are in charge of providing electric energy or petroleum. The main objectives of this reform are: • Mexico will remain owner of the petroleum that exists in its underground. • Modernize and strengthen CFE and PEMEX, while remaining public. • Allow the nation have control over its electric system, this in order to reduce electricity cost. • Have plenty stocks of energizers at better prices. • Encourage the development with a social responsibility and taking care of the environment. • Attract investments towards the Mexican energy sector in order to promote the countries development. In comparison to U.S.A, the electricity bills are 73% more expensive here than there. This represents a great obstacle for economic development in our country because electricity is necessary in the industrial, commercial and service areas. One reason for this to happen may be the fact that there is a great lack of investments in this particular service. Regarding the distribution, now a days there are significant inefficiencies. The losses of energy in Mexico are almost twice the average of other OCDE countries. Above 21% of the produce energy by CFE is not paid. New Model Characteristics Constitutional Article 27: It is established that the planning and control of the national electric system, such as the transfer...
Words: 372 - Pages: 2
...Troubleshooting Electrical Circuits EET-110 Research Paper Prof. Jeevan D’Souza I pledge to support the Honor System of ECPI. I will refrain from any form of academic dishonesty or deception, such as cheating or plagiarism. I am aware that as a member of an academic community it is my responsibility to turn in all suspected violators of the honor code. I understand that any failure on my part to support the Honor System will be turned over to a Judicial Review Board for determination. I will report to a Judicial Review Board hearing if summoned. Signature: Gary Martin- 1/17/2016 Narrative My Topic for this research paper is Troubleshooting Electrical Circuits. I have a little experience with troubleshooting and maintenance of electrical circuits. I used to work in maintenance for a gentleman that owned twelve Burger Kings in my area. It was a very busy job, especially with regards to electrical issues. These Burger Kings had a lot of equipment, signs and electronics that required electrical power. Most of the equipment required extreme heat and for extended periods of time. When I started the job, I would go into one of my BK’s and the first thing I would do with an electrical issue was to test the issue to see what results I might get, most of the time the equipment just didn’t work at all. I would then go turn off the power to the equipment but, first I would make sure the breaker wasn’t thrown and the equipment had been properly plugged in to the power outlet...
Words: 2900 - Pages: 12
...Assignment 1: Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness Asea and Brown, Boveri (also known as ABB, Inc.) is one of the world’s leading multinational corporations operating in robotics and in the power and automation technology areas. They provide solutions for secure, energy-efficient generation, transmission and distribution of electricity and for increasing productivity in industrial, commercial and utility operations (ABB Group Annual Report 2011). Their collection of products ranges from light switches to robots, and from large electrical transformers to control systems that manage entire power networks and factories. ABB is a global company that currently has 135,000 employees and operates in around 100 countries. Their assignment is to help their customers meet their challenges with minimal environmental impact. Globalization consists of knowing how to compete globally, how to address new players and regional training blocks and how to develop new products for emerging regions. Michel Demare, CEO and CFO of ABB, states “ABB supporting globalization with a balanced, non-colonial approach.” A global company must find enough raw materials and learn how to use existing ones more efficiently. ABB is looking at ways to make its participation in the global economy more resource-efficient. The environment involves addressing climate changes, developing protocols and doing it before the 2016 threshold which is when some estimates project these changes will...
Words: 1017 - Pages: 5
...nightmares he suffered from as a child. In 1882 Tesla began working for Thomas Edison. In 1885 Nicola Tesla claimed that he can fix the problem that Edison was having with his DC generators and motors. Edison offered him $50000 if he get problem solved. And when he did and asked for the money, Edison laughed him off and said “Tesla, you don’t understand our American humor.” Tesla resigned then and there. Nikola Tesla was best known for his design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system. He started working on AC after falling out with Edison. This ignited a feud with Edison, who at that time was trying to sell the world his DC system. Edison DC system required power plant every square mile and couldn’t transmit electricity very far while AC used thinner wires, had higher voltage, and could transmit electricity over long distances. Electricity system that powers every home on the planet to this day. But who do we thank for this invention that ushered humanity into a second industrial revolution, who do we call the father of electric age? Thomas Edison. Why? Because he invented light bulb....
Words: 983 - Pages: 4
...In Dielectric materials these band are separated by a large energy gap and all the electrons resides in the valence band. When the electron is given the energy equal to its band gap then the electron will conduct electricity. A strong electric field is capable of providing so much energy that the electrons in the dielectric substance are shifted to then valence band once the electron get in the conduction band it conducts electricity and we can say that a break down has occurred in the insulating dielectric material because now it is conducting...
Words: 1029 - Pages: 5
...Nikola Tesla was a great innovator. In his life, he invented many products, obtaining over three-hundred patents. Although all of these inventions were important, one major invention changed the world by helping fuel the Industrial Revolution. Inventor Nikola Tesla created the first alternating current (A.C.) motor. This famous inventor, Nikola Tesla lived from July 10, 1856 until July 7, 1953 (Nikola Tesla Master of Lightning, 1). He spent his early childhood in Smiljan, Croatia. As the son of a minister, he frequently moved around Croatia with his family, attending several different good quality primary and secondary schools. After his father’s death, his uncles raised enough money for Tesla to move to Prague to attend college (Tesla Biography, 2). Although never officially obtaining a degree, he audited classes and obtained a college level education at the University of Prague. In 1884, he moved to the United States of America and resided in New York, New York for the rest of his life (Tesla Biography, 3). Mainly working for Thomas Edison, then Westinghouse, Nikola Tesla created many interesting inventions. Most importantly, working in his small laboratory in Manhattan, New York, he invented the alternating current (A. C.) motor, in 1892. He obtained a patent on this A.C. motor in February 25, 1896 (Tesla Patent...
Words: 590 - Pages: 3
...behavior of electrons in electronic devices and equipment, including electrical engineering. Although the field of electronics had its most spectacular growth and development during the 20th century, it is actually the product of more than 200 years of study and experiment. One of the important early experimenters in this field was Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). His experiments with lightning and his theory that electrical charges are present in all matter influenced the thinking and established much of the vocabulary of the researchers who came after him. The invention of the electric battery, or voltaic pile, by the Italian scientist Alessandro Volta (1745-1827) in 1800, ushered in a century of significant discoveries in the field of electricity and magnetism. Researchers working through-out Europe and the United States made important breakthroughs in how to strengthen, control, and measure the flow of electrons moving through vacuums. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, these experiments culminated in Sir Joseph John Thomson's (1892-1975) description and measurement of the particle now called the electron. During the early years of the 20th century, further discoveries along these lines were made by experimenters such as Lee De Forest (1873-1961) and Vladimir Zworykin (1889-1982). These discoveries led the way to developing equipment and techniques for long-distance broadcasting of radio...
Words: 986 - Pages: 4
...TASK 1 – PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SOME ELEMENTS AND COMPOUNDS | |Test for | | | | |Substances | | | |Electro |Thermal conductivity|Solubility – is it |Melting point? |Boiling point | | |conductivity: does | |soluble in water? | | | | |it conduct | | | | | | |electricity? | | | | | | | | | | | | | |As solids |In solutions | | | | | |Potassium chloride | |Slightly conductive | |__ |7700C |15000C | |Sodium chloride | |Quite | |Soluble |14650C |8010C | | | |Conductive | | |266900F |1473.40F | |HCL | |Slightly conductive | ...
Words: 505 - Pages: 3
...------------------------------------------------- Electricity Lightning is one of the most dramatic effects of electricity. Electricity is a general term encompassing a variety of phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge. These include many easily recognizable phenomena, such as lightning, static electricity, and the flow of electrical current in an electrical wire. In addition, electricity encompasses less familiar concepts such as the electromagnetic field and electromagnetic induction. The word is from the New Latin ēlectricus, "amber-like"coined in the year 1600 from the Greek ήλεκτρον (electron) meaning amber(hardened plant resin), because static electricity effects were produced classically by rubbing amber. Usage In general usage, the word "electricity" adequately refers to a number of physical effects. In scientific usage, however, the term is vague, and these related, but distinct, concepts are better identified by more precise terms: * Electric charge: a property of some subatomic particles, which determines their electromagnetic interactions. Electrically charged matter is influenced by, and produces, electromagnetic fields. * Electric current: a movement or flow of electrically charged particles, typically measured in amperes. * Electric field: an influence produced by an electric charge on other charges in its vicinity. * Electric potential: the capacity of an electric field to do work on an electric charge, typically...
Words: 6146 - Pages: 25
...Nikola Tesla patented the basic system of radio in 1896 then the man In 1896 Tesla constructed an instrument to receive radio waves.Tesla's concept of wireless electricity was used to power ocean liners, destroy warships, run industry and transportation and send communications instantaneously all over the globe. To stimulate the public's imagination, Tesla suggested that this wireless power could even be used for interplanetary communication. If Tesla were confident to reach Mars, how much less difficult to reach Paris. Many newspapers and periodicals interviewed Tesla and described his new system for supplying wireless power to run all of the earth's industry.In 1894, he was given honorary doctoral degrees by Columbia and Yale University and the Elliot Cresson medal by the Franklin Institute. In 1934, the city of Philadelphia awarded him the John Scott medal for his polyphase power system. He was an...
Words: 687 - Pages: 3