Title :
Quick turnaround positive polarity options for mercury
Author :
Allen, R.J. ; Commisso, R.J. ; Cooperstein, G. ; Hinshelwood, D.D. ; Jackson, S.L. ; Ottinger, P.F. ; Schumer, J.W. ; Swanekamp, S.B. ; Zier, J.C.
Author_Institution :
Plasma Phys. Div., Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
Mercury, a 2-TW inductive voltage adder located at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC, had previously been converted from negative to positive polarity output by rotating each of the cells. Positive polarity was needed to field an ion-beam diode. However, rotating the cells takes about 2 to 3 weeks and is very labor intensive. So, when we next needed to operate in positive polarity, we considered two options to quickly turnaround Mercury to positive polarity; reverse charging the Marx and fielding a vacuum convolute.
Keywords :
adders; ion beams; mercury (metal); semiconductor diodes; Hg; Naval Research Laboratory; Washington; inductive voltage adder; ion-beam diode; mercury; negative polarity; power 2 TW; quick turnaround positive polarity options; reverse charging; vacuum convolute; Adders; Flashover; Laboratories; Physics; Plasmas; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Science (ICOPS), 2013 Abstracts IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.2013.6634966
