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Design, Construction and Optimization of Tesla Coil


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1 Plasma Physics and Nuclear Fusion Department, Nuclear Research Center, Cairo, Egypt
 

Tesla coil was proposed by an inventor Nicholas Tesla in around 1891 and known as resonant transformer or Tesla transformer (TT). Tesla transformer can produce high AC voltages at high frequency and low currents. This paper describes design and operation homemade tesla coil. Different tests were done to find the optimum conditions of operating Tesla coil such as maximum output voltage, current and spark length. Fast Fourier transformer (FFT) of primary and secondary side signals was done.

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Tesla Coil, High Frequency, Resonant Transformer, Fast Fourier Transformer.
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G. M. El-Aragi
Plasma Physics and Nuclear Fusion Department, Nuclear Research Center, Cairo, Egypt

Abstract


Tesla coil was proposed by an inventor Nicholas Tesla in around 1891 and known as resonant transformer or Tesla transformer (TT). Tesla transformer can produce high AC voltages at high frequency and low currents. This paper describes design and operation homemade tesla coil. Different tests were done to find the optimum conditions of operating Tesla coil such as maximum output voltage, current and spark length. Fast Fourier transformer (FFT) of primary and secondary side signals was done.

Keywords


Tesla Coil, High Frequency, Resonant Transformer, Fast Fourier Transformer.

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