Parallel-Plate Windings Transformer for Pulsed Power Applications

Abstract

Two sizes of the parallel-plate windings transformer with 10:1 step down turns ratios have been designed, tested at 10 kV, 500 kA, installed and have now been operating for several months in the ZT-40 RFP experiment at Los Alamos. The total leakage inductance for these three turn secondary transformers referred to the secondary has been measured at 9 nh for the larger transformer and 8 nh for the smaller transformer. Since these transformers were designed for use with a load having relatively high d.c. resistance, the d.c. resistance of aluminum windings was acceptable.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA638077

Entities

People

  • John D. Galbraith

Organizations

  • Los Alamos National Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Gaps
  • Aluminum
  • Design Criteria
  • Inductance
  • Insulation
  • Materials
  • New Mexico
  • Power
  • Pulse Transformers
  • Pulsed Power
  • Resistance
  • Sheet Metal
  • Sheets
  • Thickness
  • Transformers
  • Voltage

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering