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Re: Reflections in Power Transfer
Subject: Re: Reflections in Power Transfer
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 18:08:49 +1200
From: "Malcolm Watts" <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz>
Organization: Wellington Polytechnic, NZ
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
RE:
> From: "Edward V. Phillips" <ed-at-alumni.caltech.edu>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>
>
> "
> Do you think that the streamer impedance can change as fast as
> the current in the sinusoidal waveform?"
> Will let Malcom speak for himself, but personally
> believe that the non-linearities over a single cycle aren't
> too large, because of the ion transport mechanisms involved.
> Sure there is some effect, but considering that it often
> takes seconds for the streamers to build to full length (at
> least with my little coils) think that much slower mechanisms
> are involved.
> Ed
Is there the slightest possibility that we can somehow get the
secondary to lose its lot in one cycle? I would imagine that would
make for some interesting discharges if so.
Malcolm
>