Compact pulsed transformer power conditioning system for generating high voltage, high energy, rapid risetime pulses

Author

Ranon, P.M. ; Hall, D.J. ; Hackett, K.E. ; Holmes, J.L. ; Scott, M.C. ; Lopez, E.A. ; Graham, J.D. ; Kiuttu, G.F.

Author_Institution

Air Force Weapons Lab., Kirtland AFB, NM, USA

Volume

25

Issue

1

fYear

1989

fDate

1/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

480

Lastpage

484

Abstract

Compact, lightweight air-core pulse transformers in open air have been developed. A SHIVA Star capacitor bank module (36 μF, 120 kV, 260 kJ) was used to drive a transformer for generating high-voltage pulses into resistive loads. Voltages reaching 400 kV were delivered to a 6 Ω load at a total energy delivery of 60 kJ to the load. In order to achieve single high energy pulses to the load, several fused primary concepts were investigated and developed. These concepts along with transformer construction and first-order models of the system are presented

Keywords

power transformers; pulse transformers; 120 kV; 260 kJ; 36 muF; 460 kV; 6 ohm; HV pulses; SHIVA Star capacitor bank module; air-core pulse transformers; first-order models; fused primary concepts; high energy pulses; power conditioning system; rapid risetime pulses; resistive loads; Laboratories; Oil insulation; Power conditioning; Power generation; Power transformer insulation; Pulse circuits; Pulse generation; Pulse transformers; Switches; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.22585

Filename

22585