On Jun 4, 2007, at 12:00 PM, Jones Beene wrote:
Nice idea, and perhaps it is still ahead of its proper time.
Now if one can arrange the vector of multiple ion jets of water
vapor to go vertically up a 400 ft cooling tower, and with a mass
flow of ~1000 kg/sec, then ... got any ballpark figure on how much
current can be carried?
Given Bill Beaty's numbers:
"- I connected a microamp meter in series with the plate. It
indicated zero. When I let the other HV wire create one furrow in the
mist, the meter indicated zero UA. When I brought the cable close, so
there were maybe 50 to 70 furrows being drawn along the mist, the
meter started flickering, indicating approx. 0.5uA. These ion-
streams, if that's what they are, are each delivering an electric
current in the range of 10 nanoamperes or less. Jeeze. No wonder
nobody ever notices them."
at http://amasci.com/weird/unusual/airexp.html,
it appears that there would not be much, unless a lightning bolt
traveled down the tower.
Regards,
Horace Heffner
