Computer Modeling of Plasma Flow Switches -High Current Switching on Procyon

Abstract

Procyon is a high explosive driven pulsed power system designed to drive plasma z-pinch experiments to the 1-MJ level. Details of this system are provided elsewhere in these proceedings 1. The final switching stage of the Procyon is a plasma flow switch (PFS). Our most recent experiment (4/29/93) included a full power test of the PFS for the Procyon system. In this test the Mark IX explosively generator delivered 22 MA of current to storage inductor. The slight flux compression that occurs m the explosively formed fuse (EFF) opening switch increased this current to 24.5 MA. The EFF then opened and switched 16.5 MA to the PFS.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA637629

Entities

People

  • Arthur E. Greene
  • D. L. Peterson
  • N. F. Roderick
  • R. L. Bowers

Organizations

  • Los Alamos National Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Aluminum
  • Assembly
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Boundary Layer Flow
  • Computers
  • Electrodes
  • Films
  • High Explosives
  • Instability
  • Materials
  • Pulsed Power
  • Switches
  • Switching
  • Two Dimensional
  • Z-Pinches

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.