RE: Initial design of SRSG - 3D Model

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Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>



	Uh duh!!!!!  Why didn't i see that before.  That makes sense and
cuts way down on my material losses as well.

	Awesome!!!

	Dan




> Use four rotating electrodes as you have shown, and use only two
> stationary
> electrodes - one in front and one in back of the disk.  This will yield
> the
> same BPS as the geometry that you originally planned.
> 
> But I also agree with Ted, the losses in a conductive ring of any
> reasonable material would be negligible.
> 
> Gary Lau
> MA, USA
> 
> >Is there a better way of doing it using the four stationary
> >electrode set-up?  I've receivied numerous comments already to not use a
> >conductive ring on the rotor itself.
> 
> 
> >> I see that you were planning on two pairs of gaps in series.  This will
> >> increase the gap losses somewhat, and I'm not sure that anyone has
> shown
> >> an
> >> actual quenching-benefit (particularly when breakout occurs) to having
> a
> >> series configuration.
> 
> 
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