Design and Test of a Copper-Titanium-Composite Primary Winding for Tesla Transformer

A copper-titanium-composite primary winding for Tesla transformer is proposed in order to enhance its mechanical strength. This winding comprises a thin copper board and a thin titanium board which are joined by vacuum brazing welding. The copper board is specially used to conduct the current, while...

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Published inIEEE transactions on plasma science Vol. 50; no. 9; pp. 3155 - 3159
Main Authors Zhao, L., Li, R., Zhang, Y., Xu, X. D., Shang, W., Qiu, X. D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.09.2022
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Copper
Diameters
Energy transfer
Energy transfer efficiency
Generators
mechanical strength
Power transformer insulation
primary winding
Resistance
Tesla transformer
Titanium
Transformers
Vacuum brazing
voltage boosting factor
Winding
Windings
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Summary:A copper-titanium-composite primary winding for Tesla transformer is proposed in order to enhance its mechanical strength. This winding comprises a thin copper board and a thin titanium board which are joined by vacuum brazing welding. The copper board is specially used to conduct the current, while the titanium board is specially used to enhance the mechanical strength. A copper-titanium-composite primary winding with an axial length of 1 m, a diameter of 0.6 m, and a total thickness of 0.6 mm was designed, fabricated, assembled, and tested in an open-magnetic-core Tesla transformer, which realizes a normalized voltage boosting factor of 0.865 and an energy transfer efficiency of 0.712.
ISSN:0093-3813
1939-9375
DOI:10.1109/TPS.2022.3199215