Title :
Studies and performance of decreased rail gap switch inductance by enhancing multichanneling via gas mixture
Author :
Matsugata, K. ; Tsuchida, Hidekazu ; Saitou, Hitoshi ; Yatsui, Kiyoshi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nagaoka Univ. of Technol., Niigata, Japan
fDate :
2/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
In pulsed power technology, a pressurized gap switch has been mainly utilized to produce a high power pulse. A multichannel rail gap switch has been widely utilized not only to obtain extremely low inductance, low resistance switching but also to reduce the damage of the electrode. A self-elected multichannel rail gap switch was developed. The switch was operated with pure SF6 and the mixture of SF6 with N2, channel numbers of 20 and 100 were obtained with low switching inductance´s of 15 nH and 9 nH, respectively
Keywords :
arcs (electric); electric resistance; inductance; nitrogen; pulsed power switches; sulphur compounds; SF6; SF6-N2; SF6-N2 mixture; arc discharge; decreased rail gap switch inductance; low resistance switching; low switching inductance; multichannel arc; multichanneling enhancement; performance; pressurized gap switch; pulsed power technology; self-elected multichannel rail gap switch; Ceramics; Electrodes; Inductance; Rails; Resistors; Steel; Switches; Switching circuits; Trigger circuits; Voltage;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
