Re: Tesla coil applications

["Marco Denicolai" <Marco.Denicolai-at-tellabs.fi> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

"Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> on 29.08.2000 04:41:44

To:   tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
cc:    (bcc: Marco Denicolai/MARTIS)
Subject:  Re: Tesla coil applications



Original poster: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz" <acmq-at-compuland-dot-com.br>

Tesla list wrote:


>I think that very probably these systems would not be made today
>with capacitor-discharge, spark gap systems. There is no need of
>great power, and a fully electronic system is more controllable.

There is plenty of solutions employed, some use also (triggered) spark gaps.
Check it out.

>These are the high energy pulse generators that I mentioned. Do you
>have the complete references?

Here they are:

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board. Vol. 2, NASA, 1987.
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vol.
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[God70]   Godfrey, R.,Mathews, E. R. & al.: Analysis of Apollo 12 lightning
accident. NASA MSC-01540, 1970.
[Gub97]   Gubanov, V. P., Korovin, S. D. & al.: Compact 1000 PPS High-Voltage
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vol. 25, no. 2, 1997.
[Har98]   Hardt, N., Koenig, D.: Testing of insulating materials at high
frequencies and high voltage based on the Tesla transformer principle.
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Insulation, p. 517 - 20, vol. 2, 1998.
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Regards