Title :
A Marx Generator for Exploding Wire Experiments
Author :
Sinton, Rowan ; Van Herel, Ryan ; Enright, Wade ; Bodger, Pat
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Canterbury, Canterbury, New Zealand
Abstract :
A two-stage Marx generator was designed, constructed and tested for the purpose of investigating long distance exploding wire experiments. The voltage and energy requirements for the experiments are unique; up to 180 kV and 40 kj is required. Capacitor banks, earthing switches, spark gaps and resistors were purpose-built. Using the completed setup, conductive plasma paths up to 36 m long have been investigated.
Keywords :
earthing; exploding wires; pulsed power supplies; resistors; spark gaps; Marx generator; capacitor bank; conductive plasma; earthing switch; energy 40 kJ; long distance exploding wire experiment; resistor; spark gaps; Capacitors; Generators; Grounding; Plasmas; Resistors; Voltage measurement; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC), 2011 Asia-Pacific
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6253-7
DOI :
10.1109/APPEEC.2011.5748708
