DocumentCode :
1851891
Title :
Decade Quad design and testing status [pulsed power generator]
Author :
Sincerny, P. ; Childers, K. ; Kortbawi, D. ; Roth, I. ; Stallings, C. ; Riordan, J. ; Hoffman, B. ; Schlitt, L. ; Myers, C.
Author_Institution :
PRIMEX Phys. Int. Co., San Leandro, CA, USA
Volume :
1
fYear :
1997
fDate :
June 29 1997-July 2 1997
Firstpage :
698
Abstract :
The Decade Quad (DQ) is a high power generator that will be built at Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) in Tullahoma, Tennessee by the Defense Special Weapons Agency (DSWA). The DQ will consist of four independent command triggered pulsed power modules. The building at AEDC has been completed and has the capacity to accommodate up to four DQ machines for a total of 16 modules. Two full power modules (DM1 and DM2) have been built and tested to verify the Decade design at PRIMEX Physics International. Each module consists of a 570 kJ Marx generator that pulse charges a water transfer capacitor. The transfer capacitor discharges into a water output line through an array of six parallel triggered gas switches. The water output line then pulse charges the inductive store/opening switch pulse compression stage. When the opening switch opens, the inductive store discharges into an electron beam bremsstrahlung diode load. Two full power prototype modules have been built and tested into electron beam bremsstrahlung loads.
Keywords :
load (electric); power capacitors; power supplies to apparatus; pulse generators; pulsed power technology; 570 kJ; Decade Quad; Marx generator; command triggered pulsed power modules; design status; electron beam bremsstrahlung diode load; parallel triggered gas switches; pulse compression stage; pulsed power generator; testing status; transfer capacitor discharges; water transfer capacitor; Capacitors; Electron beams; Multichip modules; Power engineering and energy; Power generation; Pulse compression methods; Pulse generation; Switches; Testing; Weapons;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Pulsed Power Conference, 1997. Digest of Technical Papers. 1997 11th IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4213-5
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/PPC.1997.679424
Filename :
679424
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