The Flavored Coffee Guy wrote:
> default wrote:
>> On 16 Nov 2006 02:45:21 -0800, "The Flavored Coffee Guy"
>> <elgersmad@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>> But, a
>>> Wimshurst Generator, will freewheel until all of the intertia of the
>>> spin has be degraded by the friction of bearings and brushes have
>>> brought it to a stop.
>> Aren't you overlooking another source of friction? The plates in a
>> Wimshurst machine rotate in air. Air adds drag.
>>
>> Do Wimshurst machines work in vacuum?
>
> No, I didn't overlook the areodynamics of the situation, I am still
> looking for equations to determin these and other factors, and I have
> the same question you do, Would a Wimshurst Generator Work in a Vacuum?
> That is a good question.
>
> This machine uses razor blades instead of brushes, and there is no
> mechanical contact. All of the power is taken off of the disk by glow
> discharge, or corona discharge.
> http://www.coe.ufrj.br/~acmq/karlb.jpg
>
> Therefore, even the thought of friction concerning brushes can be
> eliminated in the Voss Machine, if that method of using sharp edges is
> put to use to collect or deposit charges, and that reduces friction to
> the bearings.
Tell you what, just make one and 'close the loop' ie get it to drive
itself from the excess energy while tapping off enough to light a bulb.
Run it for a few weeks, then get back to us.
--
Dirk
http://www.onetribe.me.uk
- The UK's only occult talk show
Presented by Dirk Bruere and Marc Power on ResonanceFM 104.4
http://www.resonancefm.com
|
