[TCML] energy storage caps

[FIFTYGUY at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/7/09 6:59:49 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
jimlux at earthlink.net writes:

>> And what is wrong with orbiting soda cans?
>  
>
>Since it's an easy calculation.. 7 km/sec orbital velocity,  0.3kg, 
>energy is 49E6*0.3/2 = 7.3 MegaJoules  (of course, you'd  need to have a 
>vacuum in which to accelerate your soda  can)
>
>1.5uF @ 100kV is only 7.5 kJ.. you'd need at least a 1000  of them.


    To put that in perspective, Sandia's Z-machine is  just capable of that 
kind of energy storage. Pulses are now in the 20 MegaAmp  range. It has been 
used to launch small objects at 34 km/sec.  

-Phil LaBudde

Center for the Advanced Study of Ballistic  Improbabilities


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