Mobile pulse power systems for electric gun tests

Author

Pfenning, T. ; Marinos, C. ; Howard, T. ; Hendrickson, M. ; Hargreaves, J.

Author_Institution

FMC Corp., Minneapolis, MN, USA

Volume

29

Issue

1

fYear

1993

fDate

1/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1037

Lastpage

1042

Abstract

The authors describe the design and construction of an 11 MJ mobile pulse power unit, based on state-of-the-art components. The power supply is constructed using 0.7 J/g energy density capacitors and is designed to fire ETC (electrothermal chemical) guns with calibers ranging from 30 mm to 155 mm. The system has been used successfully to fire a 5 in ETC gun and the 60 mm rapid-fire Navy ETC gun. The different requirements in the power level, pulse shape and duration, and repetition rate between these two tests demonstrate the versatility of the system

Keywords

electromagnetic launchers; mobile power plants; plasma guns; power supplies to apparatus; pulse generators; pulsed power technology; 11 MJ; 30 to 155 m; 5 inches; capacitors; electric gun tests; electrothermal chemical guns; mobile pulse power unit; power supply; pulse duration; pulse forming network; pulse shape; repetition rate; Capacitors; Chemicals; Electrothermal launching; Fires; Guns; Power supplies; Pulse power systems; Pulse shaping methods; Pulsed power supplies; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.195723

Filename

195723