I am an EE. I only have about 2 years of experience under my belt, lost my job to layoffs and have been having trouble finding a new one in this economy. I thought about changing career paths to the oil and gas industry. I received an offer for a wireline operator in a different location that...
I'm considering a career change into the Oil industry. I am an engineer that has worked in different (but somewhat related fields), and a lot of the job postings I see in the oil industry have the requirement of completion of Breakout Exam/Progression Checklist. Can someone shed some light on...
I'm sorry for my late reply. I was in error about some of my calculations, for one the inductance is MUCH lower, giving a much higher rise time, but not exceeding maximum di/dt. For simplification, once the capacitor is allowed to discharge, it creates and arc from positive to ground. So once...
Skogsgurra
I am sure about the maximum di/dt it's a Heavy Duty thyristor. The inductance I will have to double check on.
Excuse my dumb question, but where are you getting the 17 kA/s maximum possible di/dt from?
When I say 'the inductors at the end is not imperative', I mean that I can...
I'm sorry about the double thread, my accident.
Skogsgurra you are correct the switch is a thyristor. The peak di/dt of the switch is 30 kA/?Sec. The capacitor is 10?F charged to 3kV discharging into an inductance of 18mH. I don't remember the resistance, it is relatively low, but I will...
I have a simple circuit designed to discharge a large capacitor in a short amount of time. The latch I use to discharge the energy stored in the capacitor is robust and can handle well above the amount of current and voltage I am discharging. My problem is, when I connect a short load to the...
