Credit: Omphalosskeptic, CC BY-SA 3.0 Perhaps the most iconic machine associated with generating static electricity is the Van de Graaff generator.

Combining all of the perks of the type 2 machine with some of the perks from a type 4, we come at last to the doubly-fed induction generator, also known as a DFIG (pronounced “dee-fig”).

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Interactions between metal compounds and saltwater often generate electricity, but this is usually the result of a chemical reaction in which one or more compounds are converted to new compounds.