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Re: Spice simulation pictures



Tesla List wrote:
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> >From lod-at-pacbell-dot-netTue Oct 15 22:07:34 1996
> Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1995 21:30:32 +0000
> From: GE Leyh <lod-at-pacbell-dot-net>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: Spice simulation pictures
> 
> Skip wrote:
> 
> > Greg
> > This discussion seems to infer that the length of the TC when using the
> > transmission line analogy is something other than 1/4 wave long. My
> > understanding of transmission lines is that he energy transmitted down
> > the line continously transfers between the magnetic field and the e
> > field. If the TC secondary is indeed 1/4 wave long then it appears to me
> > that it would certainly be possible to have all of the energy in the
> > transmission line concentrated at the top of the secondary in the
> > e-field without the need for a large toroidal capacitance.
> 
>   But remember, a transmission line has capacitance evenly distributed
> along the line, and the voltage along any 1/4 wave section of the line
> is _never_ concentrated in one spot, but is distributed in a 1/4 sine-wave
> profile at any given instant.  This means that the energy must be distributed
> as well, where the energy at any given point will be 1/2 CV^2.
>   A resonant transformer, on the other hand, lumps all of the capacitance
> into one element, and the inductance into another.  In this case, the single
> capacitor is the only device in the ckt that can store energy in an electric
> field, so twice per cycle it contains the _entire_ energy of the secondary ckt.
> Since there is no wave propagating in a resonant xfmr, it doesn't matter what
> the electrical length of the coil is, in the slightest.
>   A standard TC without a toroid acts a lot like a tapered xmsn line, since
> most of its C is distributed along its length, with more C closer to the ground.
> Typical effective impedances for these xmsn lines are 15,000 to 40,000 ohms,
> depending on the aspect ratio, and # of turns per inch.  A TC with a normal
> toroid is somewhere in between these two regimes, as a greater percentage
> of the total e-field is emerging from the toroid.  A TC with a _huge_ toroid
> acts a resonant xfmr for the most part, since almost all of its e-field lines
> originate from the toroid.  The currents along the secondary are all almost
> in phase in this case, and most of the energy collects at the toroid.
> 
>   It would seem then, that any xmsn line characteristics that a TC might
> possess should be considered detrimental, and should be 'swamped out' by
> adding sufficent C to the top of the coil.
> 
> -GL


Greg,

I wrote about a similar concern in a recent TCBA NEWS article regarding 
resonator systems and top loading.  I tend to agree with your analysis 
above.

I noted in the article that it would seem that gross overloading of the 
coil portion of a resonator system (1/4 wave resonator) could be taken to 
such an extreme that the wire would fade to insignificance compared to 
the Cload.  It would still resonate, of course, but I am sure that at 
some point,(probably where the inductance of the coil falls to near zip), 
that the system would collapse for effective spark output.  The Tesla 
wardenclyffe arrangement may be a scenario where the coil was plenty 
massive and inductive, but the Cload was incredible!!  To make such a 
system work, all one would need is lots of energy input.

In short, if you satisfy the inductance end of the resonant transformer 
secondary the Cload can be anything regardless of size if you just can 
couple the energy into it without breakdown!  This is where direct 
coupling the resonator, the magnifier, and electrostatic field control 
comes into play.  It is a matter of engineering from this point.


Richard Hull, TCBOR