• DocumentCode
    3369035
  • Title

    Transmission Line Code Modelling of the Pulsed Power Accelerator PIM, Including Suggestions to Improve the Output Voltage

  • Author

    Jones, A.W.P. ; Clough, S.G. ; Thomas, K.J. ; Williamson, M.C.

  • Author_Institution
    AWE Aldermaston, Aldermaston
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    13-17 June 2005
  • Firstpage
    116
  • Lastpage
    119
  • Abstract
    PIM is a pulsed power accelerator based around the inductive voltage adder technique. Originally designed to drive high impedance (~100 Omega) electron beam diode loads at approximately 3MV it was found that the output voltage into a lower impedance (~40 Omega) load was closer to 1.5MV, the change in load impedance reflects changing requirements for PIM. Using a transmission line code to understand the power flow around the accelerator, the loss mechanisms have been explored and methods to reduce these suggested.
  • Keywords
    adders; diodes; electron beams; power transmission lines; pulsed power supplies; PIM; electron beam diode loads; inductive voltage adder technique; pulsed power accelerator; transmission line code; Coaxial components; Diodes; Electron beams; Feeds; Impedance; Load flow; Power transmission lines; Switches; Transmission lines; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Pulsed Power Conference, 2005 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Monterey, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9189-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0-7803-9190-x
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PPC.2005.300520
  • Filename
    4084165