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Re: 18,000. AMP high energy Cap bank
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- Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 19:46:08 -0700
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In a message dated 12/17/04 9:14:29 PM Eastern Standard Time,
tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
>> How does one limit these current levels? If a energy discharge cap
>> system has an ultimate safe rating of (say) 20kA, how does one make sure
>> that current isn't exceeded during an experiment that vaporizes a specimen?
Don't forget that this is a linear system... You can charge the capacitor
to a lower voltage, close the switch and measure the currents with a
conventional oscilloscope. Then just scale.
Is it still a linear system if you vaporize a wire, or discharge
through a gas tube? Are small vaporizations linear to higher-energy ones?
Or is a good hefty chunk of copper pipe (or other low-inductance load that
will survive) a good "worst case short circuit" to presume and work
backward from there?
-Phil LaBudde