Re: Multisection HV terminal (fwd)

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Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 23:28:29 -0500
From: Luc Benard <ludev@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Multisection HV terminal (fwd)


>> In big HV lab they often used hv terminal maid of many small aluminium
>> curved plate, if you want a terminal 5 to 10 feet big it's more
>> practical to use this instead of a big spinning part. If the curve and
>> placement of the plate is right the terminal behave more or less like  
>> a
>> big single part terminal .  in the desing of these terminal you need  
>> to
>> shape and place the small plates in a way that they sheild each other
>> border.
>>
>> I try to find information on how to build them to have max performance
>> without success.
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>
> I too have looked for this kind of information.  I think it's all  
> empirical
> (someone comes up with a design that "seems to work", they build it, it
> works, and from then on, all the electrodes are built that way.  I've  
> seen
> ones with lots of little rounded edge circular "tiles".
>
> Take a look at this brochure from Hydro Quebec:
> http://www.hydroquebec.com/technology/ireq/varennes/pdf/high- 
> voltage_lab.pdf
>
Hi Jim,

Thanks for the info, by the way the IREQ lab of Hydro Quebec was one of  
the world  great hv lab, and my neighbor, I live at 3km from there but  
the governement cut the subvention and close most of the departement of  
this great lab...  @#$%&!

Cheers,

Luc Benard
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>> I know many of you like Antonio and other study electrostatic, Bruce
>> and Rogowski profiles. May be some of you could help.
>>
>> I probably can find a stock of cheap serving spoon,  may be I can use
>> them by bending the handle and arrenging them in a sphere shape.
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> I was thinking of something like pizza pans or serving platters
> epoxied/welded/soldered to threaded rod.
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