Re: The 1500t secondary myth (long)

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Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi,

You can also get a two diesel truck version.  One truck has the engine 
generator set and the other semi has the gas to run it ;-)

But now they have a single truck one with 14000 lbs of fuel on board thanks 
to "miniaturization" like the Cummons 2000 kW DQKC ;-)  Lots of these show 
up on the used market "relatively" cheap.

Diesel electric trains locomotives also put about about 2kW but the power 
standards are "odd" in that specialized case.  Golka used one.  Might be 
the "cheapest" way to get enormous power if you have train tracks to your 
backyard.

Cheers,

        Terry



At 01:41 AM 12/4/2004, you wrote:
> Oddly enough, it's cheaper to generate the power on site, with V-16s.
> Normally the grid
> offers the cheaper power *except* for loads with high peak usage curves 
> such as this.
>
> The peak usage penalties almost triple the cost of the grid energy.  The 
> generators, even with
> their maintenence schedules, are far cheaper.  Here's a pic of a standard 
> 2 megawatt unit:
> http://www.power-classifieds.com/chd_pix/8913849352--TAMI.1
>
> Four of these units running with sync gear will be needed to power the 
> coils, independent of
> the Zsec value.  Zsec will optimize the arc length and appearance, for the 
> most part.
>
> -GL
>
>
> > Original poster: "Virtualgod" <mike.marcum@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Is there any way to get more juice from the power co. or dedicated 
> > generators? If I recall the experimental fusion reactor in Maryland (?) 
> > eats 30MW+, even tho they have to give the power company a heads up 
> > before they flip the switch. So how much power would it eat at the Zsec limit?
> >
> > Mike
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 9:56 AM
> > Subject: RE: The 1500t secondary myth (long)
> >
> >
> > Original poster: Greg Leyh <lod@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Hi Steve,
> >
> > As it turns out, other factors limit ALF's size before the Zsec drops too 
> > far.
> > At present, the Zsec for the ALF is 38.8kOhm per tower [1186mH at 5200Hz.]
> > Site power is the principal limitation, at just under 8MW.  Hopefully the 
> > energy
> > recovery scheme will provide some extra margin here.
> >
> > -GL