Title :
Building the world´s largest Tesla coil-history and theory
Author :
Johnson, Gary L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS, USA
Abstract :
A plan to design, build, and test the world´s largest Tesla coil power transformer is discussed. The analysis will be performed by using the program TCTUTOR by J. Corum et al. (1988) with modifications. Power MOSFETs will be used to excite the coil. Hall effect sensors will be used to measure current waveforms and electric field sensors will be used to monitor voltage waveforms. Optical fibers will be used to transmit control signals and measured quantities to and from the Tesla coil. Tesla coil theory is discussed. Open questions are considered. The current status of the project is described
Keywords :
Hall effect transducers; design engineering; electric sensing devices; fibre optic sensors; insulated gate field effect transistors; power engineering computing; power transformers; power transistors; project engineering; software packages; Hall effect sensors; TCTUTOR; Tesla coil; construction; current; design; electric field; fibre optics; history; measurement; power MOSFET; power transformers; project; software packages; testing; voltage; Buildings; Coils; Current measurement; Electric variables measurement; Hall effect devices; MOSFETs; Monitoring; Performance analysis; Power transformers; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Power Symposium, 1990., Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual North American
Conference_Location :
Auburn, AL
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2115-X
DOI :
10.1109/NAPS.1990.151364
