Camilo wrote:
> Hi everybody! I have a doubt: Imagine that you have an only ionizer
> machine in which you can change its high voltage generator by these
> two options
> a)A high voltage generator what consumes 1000 watts, and produces an
> output of 10 Kvolts.(and theorically 0,1 amps)
> b)A HV generator what consumes 10 watts and produces an output of 10
> Kvolts
> (and theorically 0,001 amps)
> So supose a controlled enviroment on A and B cases: a pure gas, the
> same gas, same gas temperature, same gas flux, so, ¿between these two
> cases, how does ionization behave? I mean,¿does the machine ionize
> more gas molecules with one or another high voltage generator
> connected to it? ¿with which one?
> I understand that ionization is defined essentially by ionization
> energy -voltage- so ¿does really care the output power of high
> voltage generator or only its voltage output to ionize correctly?
Hi Camilo,
The actual current drawn from the power supply is limited by the corona
generating section of the system. For a given configuration of
electrodes in the corona/ion generator, the current drawn from the HV
supply will be the same for either power supply as long as they both
supply the same output voltage.
So, even though the 1000 watt system COULD provide up to 100 mA of
current, it will actually only be supplying the much smaller amount
drawn by the corona/ion generator section. The 1000 watt supply could
power a much larger (100X) corona/ion generator than the 10 watt supply
can.
Bert
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