Re: Good capacitors

Zak wrote:
Terry Given wrote:

there was a paper in the last IEEE trans. power electronics, on a capacitive generator. charge it up with plates far apart, mechanical energy forces plates together, discharge it.


The other way around sound more logical. Charged plates attract, pull them apart takes mechanical energy and adds electrical.

This is the oldest generator principle used I suppose...


Thomas


That's how a Van de Graeff generator works--except that one of the plates is a rubber band.

Cheers,

Phil Hobbs
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