Re: [TCML] understanding DRSSTC

[Antonio Queiroz <acmdequeiroz@xxxxxxxxx>]

I said:

"The output power can be varied, but just down, with smaller number of 
cycles in a burst. More cycles than the designed maximum
don't necessarily increase the output power in this mode."

This is not precise: Without load, adding more cycles really doesn't 
change the voltage and current waveforms,
while with operation at the poles the voltages and currents rise without 
limit. With load, the system operates
as an impedance matching network (almost exactly, at least). The output 
voltage and the input current tend to
a limit as the number of cycles is increased. The output power tends to 
a constant value after a few cycles, and
the amount of energy fed to streamers can be controlled by the burst 
length, up or down. This also happens with
 excitation at the poles, but the reactive power stored in the primary 
circuit is larger.

Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz

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