I think the outer coils around the cylinder were to keep the ions contained in some fashion. There was mention of extracting some of the induced energy of the coils to be returned to the spark system, but not as the main gap spark initiator.
Dave -----Original Message----- From: Abd ul-Rahman Lomax <[email protected]> To: vortex-l <[email protected]>; vortex-l <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Aug 16, 2012 9:04 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Re: ProdEngAssemble.avi At 12:43 PM 8/16/2012, James Bowery wrote: >Critically, during the compression stroke the noble gasses are not >in a conductive state. The helium atoms are likely very thoroughly >mixed, although I'm open to arguments to the contrary. > >Moreover, when I talked to Bob, he said that the current through the >coils was very low. I don't recall what the current was, but to >achieve significant magnetic confinement you need high currents. I thought the purpose of the coils was to generate the high voltages for the spark.
