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RE: TC vs Lightning
Will -
By now you may have realized that I was thinking of the coulombs/Km
(Uman) in a lightning strike.
Thank you for the Internet site.
John Couture
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At 05:06 PM 9/28/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Original Poster: "Payne, Will E" <will.e.payne-at-lmco-dot-com>
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>See terrestrial lightning and 'upward lightning' parameters online at
>http://www.altair-dot-org/atmoelec.htm
>Much of the terrestrial data is from Uman.
>
>Will
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>> I have attempted to compare the Lightning parameters in Uman's book with
>> a typical Tesla coil using the JHCTES program. The coil is 60 KW with a 10
>> meter (32.8 ft) spark length. This coil is similar to your 55 KW coil
>> described in the TCBA News Vol 10, #2, page 14.
>>
>> Uman Typical
>> Lightning Tesla Coil
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>> Kvolts/m 1000 316
>> Surge Z/m 100 2434
>> Amps 10^4 130
>> watts/m 10^10 4.1 x 10^7
>> time usec 10 10
>> joules/m 10^5 410
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>> KVs = 65 x (32.8 X 12)^.65 = 3160/10 = 316 KV/m
>> Surge Z ohms = sqrt(ls/Cs) = sqrt(.0646/109X10^-12)
>> = 24344/10 = 2434.4/m
>> Amps = V/Z = 316 000/2434.4 = 130
>> Watts = V x A = 316000 x 130 = 4.1 x 10^7/m
>> Joules = W x t = 4.1 x 10^7 x 10^-5 = 4.1 x !0^3/10 = 410/m
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>> >See Page 215, 'Lightning', by Uman.
>> >The typical energy in a strike is approximately 100kJ/m.
>> >Therefore a 2 mile strike would therefore dissipate about
>> >_322 MILLION_ Joules.
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