Re: drsstc

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Original poster: "robert heidlebaugh" <rheidlebaugh-at-desertgate-dot-com> 

Just how large is that 100 ufd  1.5 Kv capacitor ? My o.5 ufd 30 Kv
capacitors are 3 cu ft in size.
--   Robert    H


 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 17:17:04 -0600
 > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Subject: Re: drsstc
 > Resent-From: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Resent-Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 17:25:26 -0600
 >
 > Original poster: "Bob (R.A.) Jones" <a1accounting-at-bellsouth-dot-net>
 >
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 > Subject: RE: drsstc
 >
 >
 >> Original poster: "Jan Wagner" <jwagner-at-cc.hut.fi>
 >>
 >> Here's a paper from IEEE that has some calculations on power and current,
 >> that you could also use as a starting point:
 >>
 >> http://www.hut.fi/~jwagner/electr/tmp/01296120.pdf
 >
 >
 > I don't understand this paper.
 >
 > A 1.5kV about 100uF cap that dissipates almost most 0.5MW at 5kHz at
 > 1.5kVpk that's 6,000A
 >
 > What are they using, salt water bottle caps with the sea water pumped thru
 > to cool them!! LOL
 >
 > Perhaps they don't know about the Panasonic caps or I missed something.
 >
 > Just to stay on topic it would make a large SSTC  with 1MW cont. output.
 > A curious configuration too parallel tuned circuit with an inductor in the
 > DC power line.
 >
 > I checked the paper again. It does have the right order for the R of the C
 > but the dissipation in the cap looks orders too high.
 >
 > Bob
 >
 >