Title :
High voltage insulator improvements made in the oil and water sections of the Z machine at Sandia national laboratories in 2008
Author :
Stoltzfus, B. ; LeChien, K. ; Savage, M. ; Stygar, W.
Author_Institution :
Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA
fDate :
June 28 2009-July 2 2009
Abstract :
Many changes were made to the Z machine oil and water sections in 2007 as part of the Z refurbishment project. As Z was returned to routine operation, some components required modification to increase shot rate. This paper summarizes the oil- and water-section insulator failures encountered in 2008 along with a description of the solutions implemented.
Keywords :
X-ray apparatus; failure analysis; insulators; Sandia National Laboratories; Z machine; high voltage insulator; oil-section insulator failure; water-section insulator failure; Laboratories; Oil insulation; Petroleum; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Pulsed Power Conference, 2009. PPC '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4064-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4065-8
DOI :
10.1109/PPC.2009.5386278
