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Subject: Re: Using Higher voltages
Date: Dec 22, 11:05 pm
Poster: Pierce Nichols

On Dec 22, 11:05 pm, Pierce Nichols wrote:


>1) Average output power can't be more than the input power, so if you limit the input power to the transformer, then you're all set. As the load increases on a stack, the ripple increases, and the average voltage decreases.



>2) Stored energy is just N*C*V^2/2. C is the stage capacitance (don't forget 2 C's per stage). V is the stage voltage. N is the number of stages.. Typically you make the caps big enough so that energy going to the load (i.e. I*V*Tcycle) in 1 cycle (1/60th second) is some suitably small fraction of the stored energy (say, 5 or 10%). Then, if you have a flashover, you're only dumping 10 cycles worth of energy, which probably won't be a disaster and melt the grid, etc.
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