Title :
The Design of a 2 TW Pulsed Power Research Facility
Author :
Frazier, G.B. ; Ashby, S. ; Barrett, D. ; Di Capua, M. ; Demeter, L. ; Osias, D. ; Ryan, R. ; Spence, P. ; Strachan, D. ; Sullivan, T.
Author_Institution :
Physics International Company 2700 Merced Street San Leandro, California 94577
fDate :
6/1/1981 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Physics International (PI) has designed a modular pulse generator for research in high-power switching, pulse compression, power flow, magnetic insulation, and dielectric breakdown. The generator is one wedge-shaped 1/20th "slice" of PI\´s conceptual design for a 40-50 TW, radial, tri-disk accelerator designed to drive imploded plasma or particle beam loads. The nominal design goal of the "slice" (or module) is to produce a 100 ns, 2 TW, 2 MV, 1 MA pulse into a resistive load, or a 150 to 200 ns pulse at lower power. The module consists of an 0.8 MJ Marx generator and four water-dielectric triplates with adjustable impedances. The first is a gas-switched transfer capacitor. Next are two water-switched pulse-compression stages, and last, an output line converging to a racetrack insulator. This article describes the design and planned experiments.
Keywords :
Dielectric breakdown; Dielectrics and electrical insulation; Load flow; Magnetic switching; Particle accelerators; Particle beams; Physics; Plasma accelerators; Pulse compression methods; Pulse generation;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.1981.4331893