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Didcot Power Station Trip In December 2002 i was part of a group of students who went to Didcot power station to be shown how physics is used at the power station. As part of this task i have selected two features of the power station that use physics, the first section i have selected is how the kinetic energy of the turbines is turned in to electrical energy by the generator. My second subject is how and why transformers are used to reduce loss of energy. Generators Generating an electrical current is power stations is done by turning a large electromagnet inside coils of wire. For this to be efficient the magnetic field must cut through as many wires as possible but due to the limited range of the magnetic field, there is an extent at which adding more coils does not help to generate more electricity. Adding too many more coils could...

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