Title :
Modeling 6 MV gas switches for the ZR accelerator
Author :
Rosenthal, S.E. ; Elizondo, J.M. ; Maenchen, J.E. ; Struve, K.W. ; McDaniel, D.H. ; Corley, J.P. ; Johnson, D.L. ; Oliver, B.V.
Author_Institution :
Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
The "rimfire", or "cascade" gas switch Bloomquist, DD. et. al.,(1985), developed at Sandia National Laboratories, presently operates both in Hermes III (in oil with peak voltage of 2.5 MV) and in Z (in water at 4.8 MV). In the proposed ZR accelerator Struve, KW. et. al., (2001), pulse-compression section the switch needs to reliably function (less than 0.2 % probability of pre-fire, and /spl sim/2.5 ns jitter) at up to 5.5 MV, above any previous operation. We are studying appropriate design enhancements theoretically and in the laboratory Corley, JP. et. al., on Sandia\´s Advanced Pulsed Power Research Module (APPRM, 1 MA, 800-ns pulse).
Keywords :
design of experiments; pulsed power technology; reliability; switches; timing jitter; 5.5 MV; Sandia National Laboratories; ZR accelerator; advanced pulsed power research module; design enhancements; gas switches; pulse-compression section; Acceleration; Dielectrics; Electrodes; Jitter; Laboratories; Petroleum; Plastics; Switches; Voltage; Zirconium;
Conference_Titel :
Pulsed Power Conference, 2003. Digest of Technical Papers. PPC-2003. 14th IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Dallas, TX, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7915-2
DOI :
10.1109/PPC.2003.1277683
