Gas-Flow Switch Recovery Experiments
Abstract
Recovery experiments have been conducted with a flowinging gas spark gap using a two-dimensional, converging-diverging nozzle geometry. A two-pulse thyratron circuit supplied 10 kV- 30 kV pulses to a 0.318 em gap with a risetime of 10 micrometers. The relative self-breakdown voltage was recorded as a function of the pulse separation and gas velocity. The flow system consisted of a blow-down tunnel using air in which flow over the electrodes reached supersonic speeds at the higher total pressures. The flow field was characterized at several pressures by recording axial pressure distributions from which velocities were calculated. The spark gap recovery was found to be a strong function of the flow parameters especially at subsonic speeds where the recovery time was reduced to 0.15 ms as compared with 5.0 ms without flow.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADA636274
Entities
People
- E. G. Ruf
- G. M. Molen
- J. M. Kuhlman
- J. S. Bernardes
Organizations
- Old Dominion University