Title :
Characterization of cable plasma guns for microsecond plasma opening switch
Author :
Teramoto, Y. ; Kohno, S. ; Lisitsyn, I.V. ; Katsuki, S. ; Akiyama, H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Kumamoto Univ., Japan
Abstract :
Cable plasma guns are frequently used as a plasma source in plasma opening switches. The authors´ plasma guns are designed for use in a 400 kA inductive voltage adder with an inductive energy storage system. The plasma source consists of eight cable guns mounted on an outer coaxial electrode. The characteristics of the plasma generated by the cable plasma guns have been investigated using a laser interferometer. The contour maps of the plasma density of the whole area between the electrodes are plotted as a function of time.
Keywords :
electrodes; inductive energy storage; plasma density; plasma guns; plasma switches; pulse generators; pulsed power supplies; pulsed power switches; switchgear testing; 100 kA; cable plasma guns characterisation; contour maps; electrodes; inductive energy storage system; inductive voltage adder; laser interferometer; microsecond plasma opening switch; outer coaxial electrode; plasma density; plasma source; pulsed power supplies; Character generation; Coaxial cables; Electrodes; Energy storage; Guns; Plasma density; Plasma properties; Plasma sources; Switches; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Pulsed Power Conference, 1999. Digest of Technical Papers. 12th IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5498-2
DOI :
10.1109/PPC.1999.823733
