Development of Inductive Storage Pulsed Power Generators.

Abstract

A pulse generator, Pawn, has been assembled at the Naval Research Laboratory. It employees inductive energy storage and opening switch power conditioning techniques with high energy density capacitors as the primary energy store. The capacitor bank stores 1 MJ at 44 kV. The energy stored in the capacitor bank is transferred to a vacuum storage inductor in 20 microsecs. Wire fuses provide the first stage of pulse compression. Further pulse compression is obtained from a plasma erosion opening switch. Initial results are encouraging. Nearly 0.1 TW of electrical power was delivered to an electron beam diode load in a 100-ns FWHM pulse. A peak voltage at the load of approx. = 350 kV represents a factor of approx. = 14 voltage gain over the initial, 25-kV bank voltage. Keywords: Inductive storage; Fuses.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 06, 1988
Accession Number
ADA193878

Entities

People

  • Gerald Cooperstein
  • John R. Boller
  • P. J. Goodrich
  • R. D. Ford
  • Robert J. Commisso

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Capacitors
  • Classification
  • Compression
  • Electron Beams
  • Electron Emission
  • Electrons
  • Energy
  • Energy Storage
  • Generators
  • High Energy
  • Inductors
  • Military Research
  • Power Conditioning
  • Pulse Compression
  • Pulse Generators
  • Pulsed Power
  • Security

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics