Procyon Experiments Utilizing Explosively-Formed Fuse Opening Switches

Abstract

Pulsed power system designed to deliver 15-16 MA to a plasma flow switch (PFS). The PFS, 1 in turn, has the goal of switching current to a z-pinch load to produce a 1-MJ implosion for x-ray generation experiments. The system consists of a MK- IX magnetic flux-compression generator, 2 a coaxial inductive store, an explosively formed fuse (EFF) opening switch, 3 and a vacuum power flow /PFS assembly. Figure 1 shows a completed assembly ready to test. Computational modeling of this system is described in another paper in this conference, 4 and important design considerations have been previously published. 5 Vacuum diagnostics are also discussed in a separate paper in this conference 6 as are results from a test in which a conventional foil-fuse opening switch replaced the EFF.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA637910

Entities

People

  • Arthur E. Greene
  • D. G. Rickel
  • H. W. Kruse
  • Henn Oona
  • Irvin R. Lindemuth
  • J. H. Brownell
  • J. H. Gogorth
  • J. V. Parker
  • Robert E. Reinovsky
  • S. P. Marsh

Organizations

  • Los Alamos National Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Assembly
  • Energy
  • Explosives
  • Generators
  • High Voltage
  • Inductance
  • Magnetic Flux
  • New Mexico
  • Pulsed Power
  • Radiation
  • Resistance
  • Switches
  • Transmission Lines
  • Two Dimensional
  • Voltage
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.