Re: an interesting mechanical engineering problem

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Original poster: Mike <megavolts61@xxxxxxxxx>

Hey D.C.,
    If I understand you correctly you will be 
using 160kW at 800V.   That is essentially 200 
amps continuous current equivalent.   At 
800V,  you should not really need a large radius 
of curvature to prevent corona losses.  I'm 
looking at copper bus bars and it would appear 
you could use something like 1/8 in, by 3 1/2 
inch buss bars, which would work for 800 amps rms 
for a 30º rise in temp, but for 200 amps, would 
probably stay pretty cool.  At the low frequency 
you plan to use,  I don't think skin depth would 
be a serious issue.  The sections could be bolted 
together with enough overlap to minimize 
resistance.  Just a thought.  Here's the link I was looking at.

<http://www.ems-industrial.com/main/bus_bar_selector.asp>http://www.ems-industrial.com/main/bus_bar_selector.asp

Mike

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