A New Technique for Troubleshooting Large Capacitive Energy Storage Banks

Abstract

Many pulse power systems rely on large numbers of inductively isolated high voltage capacitors configured in parallel for energy storage. Often when an energy storage capacitor fails there is little or no external indication. Identifying the failed component can be a time consuming and potentially hazardous operation. We have developed a new non-invasive (i.e. no dismantling of the bank is required) technique that greatly improves personnel safety as well reducing troubleshooting time. We present the theory of operation, a complete description of the battery-powered hardware, test results and techniques of operation

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA637089

Entities

People

  • E. S. Fulkerson
  • Jud Hammon

Organizations

  • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Capacitors
  • Circuits
  • Energy
  • Energy Storage
  • Frequency
  • Generators
  • High Voltage
  • Laptop Computers
  • Lc Circuits
  • Pulsed Power
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Signal Generators
  • Storage
  • Sweep Generators
  • Troubleshooting
  • Voltage

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering.