Electrodynamic Sculpture
1 Abstract
2 Theory
2.1 Gas Discharge
2.2 Mechanisms of a gas discharge
2.3 Electrode Materials
2.4 Generating an arc for a Jacob's Ladder
2.5 Direction of movement of an arc
2.6 Voltage - Multiplier
2.6.1 How it works
2.6.2 Simulation of a three-stage cascade
2.7 IGBT Characteristics
3 Electronic Design
3.1 System Overview
3.2 Current Limiter-, Rectifier- and FilterPCB
3.2.1 Current Limiter
3.2.2 Rectifier
3.2.3 Filter
3.3 Inductor
3.4 IGBT Switch
3.5 Digital Signal Generator
3.6 Voltage Multiplier
3.6.1 Electrical circuit
3.6.2 Photos of the PCBs
3.6.3 Output Characteristics
3.7 Control Board
3.8 Temperature sensors
4 Tests and Measurement Results
4.1 H - Bridge at low voltage
4.1.1 Simulation model & Measurement Setup
4.1.2 Comparison: Simulation / Measurement Data
4.2 H - Bridge & Voltage Multiplier at low Voltage
4.2.1 H - Bridge & Voltage Multiplier at low Voltage
4.2.2 Comparison: Simulation / Measurement Data
4.3 H - Bridge & Voltage Multiplier at High Voltage
4.4 Proposals for optimising the gate signal
5 Perspective
6 Conclusion
8 References
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