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Re: Streamer breakout voltages for toroids and spheres



Hi Dale,
thanks, I'll have to see if I can get a copy over here, it looks very
useful. Am I right, does the book take a practical approach, i.e. graphs
and basic algebra?

Regards,

Gavin, U.K.


Tesla List wrote:

> Original Poster: "Dale Hall" <Dale.Hall-at-trw-dot-com>
>
> Gavin and list theoreticians,
> Of course it complicated, what did you expect ?
>
> Check out this book:
>
> High Voltage Engineering Fundamentals,
> E. Kuffel Engr Dean U of Manitoba, W.S. Zaengl EE Prof Zurich
>
> ISBN 0-08-024212-X (soft cover)
> ISBN 0-08-024213-8 (hard cover)
>
> I think it may have some answers for you.
> This is a college text with theory, graphs, formulas AND
> nice HV apparatus Pictures, a must for any serious HV'er !
>
> Regards, Dale
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tesla List [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 4:02 PM
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Streamer breakout voltages for toroids and spheres
>
> Original Poster: "Gavin Dingley" <gavin.dingley-at-astra.ukf-dot-net>
>
> Hi all,
> does anyone have a mathematical formula for calculating the voltage
> required for steamer breakout for toroids and sphere isotropic top
> capacities (i.e. a voltage for a given sphere diameter/toroid
> dimensions.
> I was thinking along the lines of calculating the charge density and
> dividing it by the permitivity of free space, then I got stuck!
>
> Thanks in advance for your help,
>
> Regards,  Gavin, U.K.