Re: Three phase rectifiers

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Original poster: "Finn Hammer by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <f-hammer-at-post5.tele.dk>

Greg, All:

Half as much in the reactor as ultimately ends up in the cap?

Cheers, Finn Hammer

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Greg Leyh by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
<lod-at-pacbell-dot-net>
> 
> This brings to mind an interesting bit of trivia regarding
> DC resonant chargers -- Under normal operation, what is the
> peak energy stored in the charging reactor, compared to the
> peak energy stored in the primary capacitor?
> --
> 
> -GL
> www.lod-dot-org
> 
> Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>
> 
> > Another way to approach it is to consider the stored energy in the
> > inductor.. (1/2 L I^2)
> 
> > > Would you please explain how to determine a proper sized charging choke
> > > in a system, where transformer voltage and capacitor size is already
> > > given, so that it results in the desired doubling of the voltage across
> > > the cap/vs the input voltage, while keeping the current from the
> > > transformer to the gap during ringdown low enough  to allow quenching of
> > > the gap without making a rapid recharge of the cap impossible.