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Author Topic: The interesting case of magnetic induction due to a Capacitor.  (Read 19809 times)
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...any ideas to make a large amount of charge appear somewhere would certainly help boost the induction effect that is proposed in this thread  :)

Here's another idea for transferring a charge to the center of a disc, based on one of my own "what if" experiments:

I placed three loops of string through and around a 10" cymbal from a drum set, to provide a non conductive support.  (This was a cheap cymbal, not an expensive Zildjian, with all of the inductive, pulse forming ridges.). Then I positioned this about an inch above the 5" top ball of a Van deGraaff generator.

With the Van deGraaff running, I observed a bunch of weak sparks jumping from the top of the ball to the bottom of the sculptured disc, or to the air below the central boss.  After a couple of minutes, there was a heavy spark between the two electrodes.  This was followed immediately by yellow sparks shooting out from the edge of the cymbal, about every half inch.  (Interestingly, every pair of sparks curved together, joining into single sparks  moving on out.)

What happened right here was the charge on the ball repelled similar charges out of the metal to the top surface of the disc, as an opposite charge was pulled to the bottom surface of the cymbal's central bump, relative to the VdG's polarity.  When the charges built up enough, the heavy spark discharged the equal but opposite charges on the ball and the bottom surface of the  boss.  This left only the charge on the central region of the top of the cymbal.  As a result of this being the only remaining charge, with nothing counter balancing it, the cymbal started functioning as a low value polar capacitor.  Since this capacitance was then much lower than that of the previously charged two electrodes, the voltage on the top went way up, exceeding the potential the polar mass could hold, and that static charge flowed from the center outwards, to and beyond the edge, all around.  (A solid dilectric would block the spark between the two surfaces.)

So, if you have the equipment, repeat this experiment, with the pick coil above the cymbal, and see if it will register the static electric charge flowing outwards.

Everytime the yellow sparks shot out from the edge, the cymbal jumped violently in some direction, depending on how it was slightly off center.  These sparks were longitudinal, so there was an opposite force against the emitting electrode.

The static charge flinged straight out but not back.  A ground ring could be placed outwards from the edge, to prevent charge movement past the coil.

Hopes this helps.
   
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There's always a possibility this configuration can be seen from a different perspective..  Or at least the cymbal could be placed inside a larger sphere.  Or use a little bitty cymbal.  Without the expense of a VdG, an electrode rod could go to the hole at the top, with a spark gap right there, to the cymbal's inner edge.  Any static electric charge connected to that rod (for instance, a conversion circuit) will cause the opposite charge to move to the central area of the cymbal, as well as to the inside of the sphere.  At the same time, a charge which is similar to that on the rod will form on the outside of the sphere, and the outer part of the cymbal.

Turning to all of the ancient symbols of two circles with interconnecting spokes,  the center point for the spark gap is left out.  The spokes can represent the yellow sparks coming off the cymbal, although quit a few less than that are typically shown.  In actuality,  the spokes are parallel inductive rods.  These rods not only discharge the inside of the sphere to the spark gap, they also convert the setup into a pulse forming network for extremely high voltage pulses.

With high pressure in the sphere, there would need to be a seal above the spark gap, especially with a vacuum transmission line.  (Even without the pressure.)  It's noteworthy that Robert Bussard says a REB diode only has to be two and a half feet long, at the ten million volts from a two meter Fusor.

Then, if you are getting a unidirectional signal through your coil, you can make a really big coil, with a really big cymbal.  But if the signal tries to go non unidirectional, divert that part of it to a storage battery having a parallel diode, tied into your output circuit.
   
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I picked up a small bird cage electrode locally and looking at the top, I came up with an idea: maybe a bell will work as the cup electrode for the dielectric gas?
   
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Hi Broli,

This is an old thread but I am only just reading it. You might be interested in this page from Pavel Imris where the primary of a transformer is a "band condenser". He claims the input power is purely reactive, while output power is real.

http://www.electro-generator.com/

An English translation of the patent is here:

https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2010003394

Pavel Imris is a prolific inventor with a lot of odd and interesting devices...

Fred
   

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Hi Broli,

This is an old thread but I am only just reading it. You might be interested in this page from Pavel Imris where the primary of a transformer is a "band condenser". He claims the input power is purely reactive, while output power is real.

http://www.electro-generator.com/

An English translation of the patent is here:

https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2010003394

Pavel Imris is a prolific inventor with a lot of odd and interesting devices...

Fred

Thanks Ortho, I had seen and studied that picture a few times but never did find the originating source. ;D
Need to get one of those under a VNA


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