A low ripple power supply for high current magnet load

Author

Liang, Rong ; Dewan, Shashi B.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada

fYear

1992

fDate

4-9 Oct 1992

Firstpage

888

Abstract

Conventional magnet power supply systems in a particle accelerator environment have a problem of low efficiency due to the energy loss in the linear regulator which is used to reduce the ripple content of the magnet load current. The authors propose a high-current magnet power supply system configuration which replaces the linear regulator with a switch-mode ripple regulator. This replacement improves system efficiency significantly. In addition, the complete system is smaller in size and lower in cost. The basic system operation principle is explained. Theoretical analysis is performed on system steady-state operation. The harmonic reduction function of the switch-mode regulator is examined. An illustrative example is presented

Keywords

beam handling equipment; electromagnets; harmonics; particle accelerators; power supplies to apparatus; energy loss; harmonic reduction function; high current magnet load; linear regulator; low efficiency; low ripple power supply; magnet power supply systems; particle accelerator; switch-mode ripple regulator; Costs; Current supplies; Energy loss; Linear particle accelerator; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic switching; Performance analysis; Power supplies; Regulators; Steady-state;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 1992., Conference Record of the 1992 IEEE

Conference_Location

Houston, TX

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0635-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.1992.244303

Filename

244303