High-power energy sources based on the FCG parallel and series connection

In the way of increasing currents and energies of flux compression generators (FCG) by enlarging their dimensions one can face technical and technologic difficulties. They are caused by the growth of electric voltages in the magnetic flux compression volume as well as by the growth of magnetic field force effects on the design elements. Moreover, enlarging the FCG dimensions results in the increase of characteristic time of current rise in the load, that is extremely undesirable for many applications. Parallel and series connection of several FCG, that are simultaneously operating modules, is one of the ways to obtain high currents and energies. This paper describes the possibilities of parallel and series connection of helical FCG and coaxial FCG with axial HE-charge initiation and also presents the project of high-current power unit Sprut based on using the multielement disk generators-modules connected in parallel with the common load.