RE: DRSSTC, OLTC, OL-DRSSTC, M.I.C.,K.E.Y M.O.U.S.E. TC... Re: ALF: why not DRSSTC?

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Original poster: Steve Conner <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>


> Have you measured your OLTC II (below the streamer
> threshold breakout) in order to evaluate these
> figures?

Below breakout, all of the energy is lost one way or another. I guess 
the question is how much of it gets lost by the time of the first 
output voltage peak.

Without an accurate way of measuring the output voltage, I can't say 
for sure. But since it was capable of breaking out an 8" x 24" spun 
toroid, I know the output voltage was around 560kV. The theoretical 
output voltage with a primary capacitance of 14uF @ 1kV, and an 
output capacitance of 32pF, is 660kV. So from conservation of energy 
I can say it was around ((560/660)^2)*100 = 72% efficient.

I also measured the resistance of all the components in the primary 
loop, and estimated the IGBT voltage drop. That suggested a total 
energy loss in the primary circuit of around 0.6J per bang, which 
would have made it 90% efficient.

So all I can say is that it was somewhere between 72% and 90% efficient :-/

Steve Conner
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