RE: Chaotic Resonance(Solid State Coilers)

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Original poster: "John H. Couture by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <couturejh-at-worldnet.att-dot-net>


Dave -

The dynamite and coal is a good example of power vs energy. The two words
are often used interchangebly which can cause a lot of  confusion. The
example I like is the rocket on the pad trying to take off but doesn't have
enough power (thrust). It uses up all the energy (fuel) but does no work!
This is what a sparking Tesla coil does. It uses a lot of energy at the
input but only produces losses (sparks) at the output.

John Couture

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Subject: Re: Chaotic Resonance(Solid State Coilers)


Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
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In a message dated 1/7/01 10:42:43 AM Pacific Standard Time,
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<< Original poster: "John H. Couture

I did not say "generate more electricity" which would mean more electric
energy. I was referring to electric power not electric energy. Electric
power is like a force. Electric energy is like work. A force is required to
do work. Power is required to generate electricity or electric energy. >>

Hi John, all,
I agree with you and all of the others out there that realize that you
can't get something for nothing. Another way to state what you are
saying is comparing a stick of dynamite to a ton of coal. A stick of
dynamite (when detonated) releases plenty of POWER, in that it re-
leases all of its relatively small potential ENERGY in a fraction of a
second. On the other hand, a ton of coal may burn for days, so it
doesn't really release a vast amount of POWER, but it has a relative-
ly immense amount of ENERGY that is released on a much longer
duty cycle, compared to the stick of dynamite. In a word, POWER =
WORK / TIME and ENERGY = WORK X TIME. A kilowatt/hour is a
unit of electrical energy and is equal to work (kW) X time (hours). A
joule is a unit of power and is equal to work (watts) divided by time
(seconds). Ten joules that is discharged within 10 u/sec will have an
average power rating during that 10 u/sec of 1 megawatt, but if it's
spread out over a whole second, then it's only 10 watts of power,
but it's still the same amount of energy.

Well, this has been the babblings of an "engineer wannabe" but I think
that I have the right idea.

David Rieben