In reply to David Roberson's message of Fri, 5 Feb 2016 12:34:07 -0500: Hi, [snip] >The document referred to by Axil show that the energy holding capacitors are >wired up in series/parallel so that they can only deliver an open circuit >voltage of a bit greater than 5 volts. The design reminds me of a rail gun >where the conductive silver fuel drops act as a switch that allows the high >current to flow. It is also apparent that Mills has designed a low inductance >circuit which allows for a very large current and di/dt to exist.
See http://www.mail-archive.com/vortex-l%40eskimo.com/msg106564.html & also http://www.mail-archive.com/vortex-l%40eskimo.com/msg106568.html Then replace tungsten with silver, or try silver impacting on a tungsten electrode. > >There is reason to suspect that most of the open circuit supply voltage would >be dropped within the network series inductance during the short pulse so I >would expect to see quite a bit less than 5 volts appearing across the plasma >and highly conductive silver drop. This is especially true if the active >pulse is short in duration. But, a short drive pulse duration also suggests >less drive power requirement per pulse. Consider the collapse of the magnetic field in the plasma itself. > >I am curious about the effects of the extremely large current pulse conducted >through the fuel drop. Would the resulting magnetic forces tend to drive the >drip outwards or compress it by some pinch action? After all, a rail gun >projects the shell quite strongly in one direction. ...or the effect on ions caught in the collapsing field. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
