A HV pulse generator for driving pulsed corona discharge

Author

Abramzon, Eli ; Wolf, Michael ; Pokryvailo, Alex ; Yankelevich, Y.

Author_Institution

Propulsion Phys. Lab., Soreq Nucl. Res. Center, Yavne´´el, Israel

fYear

2004

fDate

6-7 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

334

Lastpage

337

Abstract

As part of a pulsed corona system for pollution control applications, a high-voltage pulse generator was developed, constructed and tested. A 1 kW generator delivers a 45 kV, 100 ns pulse across a 120 Ω load with a risetime of 15 ns and a repetition rate of up to 1 kHz. It comprises of a single magnetic compression (MC) stage which incorporates both amorphous metal and ferrite cores for fast magnetic switching. The compressor does not contain external remagnetization circuits that are commonly used in magnetic compressors. A fast semiconductor ABB A-Z switch specified for 2.5 kA, 3 kV is used as the main switch. A thorough theoretical analysis of the circuit topology is presented. Experiments with a dummy load showed a fair agreement with simulations. Typical voltage and current waveforms, volt-ampere characteristics and the corona discharge appearance are presented. The results of this study are used for developing a 6 kW pulse generator for an advanced industrial-grade system.

Keywords

ferrites; magnetic switching; network topology; pollution control; power semiconductor switches; pulse generators; 1 kW; 100 ns; 120 ohm; 2.5 kA; 3 kV; 45 kV; 6 kW; HV pulse generator; amorphous metal core; circuit topology analysis; fast magnetic switching; ferrite core; high-voltage pulse generator; magnetic compression stage; pollution control; pulsed corona discharge; semiconductor ABB A-Z switch; Amorphous magnetic materials; Amorphous materials; Corona; Ferrites; Magnetic cores; Magnetic semiconductors; Pollution control; Pulse generation; Switches; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, 2004. Proceedings. 2004 23rd IEEE Convention of

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8427-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EEEI.2004.1361159

Filename

1361159