Title :
Computational Simulations Of Plasma Flow Switches And Imploding Loads
Author :
Peterson, Daniel L. ; Bowers, R.L. ; Brownell, J.H. ; Greene, A.E.
Author_Institution :
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Abstract :
The Procyon system in the Los Alamos Trailmaster foil implosion project is intended to produce soft x-ray radiation by delivering about 1 MJ of kinetic energy to an imploding plasma Iiner. The final switching stage of this system will be a Plasma Flow Switch (PFS) which delivers current to the cylindrical foil load. 1-D and 2-D simulations are now being conducted to examine: the initiation of the PFS plasma- the dynamics of the PFS and its switching efficiency; the load implosion and resulting radiation out- put. Considered here, for the PIPS and imploding load, are the effects of electrode walls, perturbations, and radiation. Comparisons with experiments (using the 1.5 MJ Pegasus capacitor bank) are also described.
Keywords :
Computational modeling; Laboratories; Plasma chemistry; Plasma density; Plasma materials processing; Plasma simulation; Plasma temperature; Plasma x-ray sources; Switches; Wires;
Conference_Titel :
Pulsed Power Conference, 1991. Digest of Technical Papers. Eighth IEEE International
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0177-3
DOI :
10.1109/PPC.1991.733357
