Advanced pulsed power concept and component development for KrF laser IFE

Conference Record of the Twenty-Fifth International Power Modulator Symposium, 2002 and 2002 High-Voltage Workshop. Pub Date : 2002-06-30 DOI:10.1109/MODSYM.2002.1189442

D. Weidenheimer, I. Smith, F. Warren, D. Morton, L. Schlitt, D. Giorgi, J. Driscoll, J. Sethian

{"title":"Advanced pulsed power concept and component development for KrF laser IFE","authors":"D. Weidenheimer, I. Smith, F. Warren, D. Morton, L. Schlitt, D. Giorgi, J. Driscoll, J. Sethian","doi":"10.1109/MODSYM.2002.1189442","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The Electra advanced pulsed power development program has the goal of developing and demonstrating pulsed power technology that is applicable for KrF (krypton fluoride) laser IFE (inertial fusion energy). The application presents efficiency, lifetime and cost challenges that mandate the use of advanced pulse compression topologies. In turn, these advanced topologies require the development of critical components and the establishment of engineering criteria for use in designing them. The component most critical to realizing any of the advanced topologies under study is the primary energy transfer switch. Therefore, the program has been developing an advanced optically-triggered and pumped solid state switch that is expected to meet the efficiency, lifetime and cost requirements of an IFE driver. Liquid dielectric breakdown studies are also underway, with the intent to develop design criteria relevant to the large electrically stressed areas associated with a viable KrF IFE power plant. KrF IFE pulse compression and component concepts are discussed as well as the most recent results from the solid-state switch development and liquid dielectric test efforts.","PeriodicalId":339166,"journal":{"name":"Conference Record of the Twenty-Fifth International Power Modulator Symposium, 2002 and 2002 High-Voltage Workshop.","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2002-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"6","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Conference Record of the Twenty-Fifth International Power Modulator Symposium, 2002 and 2002 High-Voltage Workshop.","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MODSYM.2002.1189442","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 6

Abstract

The Electra advanced pulsed power development program has the goal of developing and demonstrating pulsed power technology that is applicable for KrF (krypton fluoride) laser IFE (inertial fusion energy). The application presents efficiency, lifetime and cost challenges that mandate the use of advanced pulse compression topologies. In turn, these advanced topologies require the development of critical components and the establishment of engineering criteria for use in designing them. The component most critical to realizing any of the advanced topologies under study is the primary energy transfer switch. Therefore, the program has been developing an advanced optically-triggered and pumped solid state switch that is expected to meet the efficiency, lifetime and cost requirements of an IFE driver. Liquid dielectric breakdown studies are also underway, with the intent to develop design criteria relevant to the large electrically stressed areas associated with a viable KrF IFE power plant. KrF IFE pulse compression and component concepts are discussed as well as the most recent results from the solid-state switch development and liquid dielectric test efforts.

查看原文本刊更多论文

KrF激光IFE的先进脉冲功率概念和元件开发

Electra先进脉冲功率开发项目的目标是开发和演示适用于KrF(氟化氪)激光IFE(惯性聚变能)的脉冲功率技术。该应用提出了效率、寿命和成本方面的挑战，要求使用先进的脉冲压缩拓扑。反过来，这些高级拓扑要求开发关键组件并建立用于设计它们的工程标准。要实现所研究的任何先进拓扑结构，最关键的部件是一次能量转换开关。因此，该项目一直在开发一种先进的光触发和泵浦固态开关，有望满足IFE驱动程序的效率、寿命和成本要求。液体介质击穿研究也在进行中，目的是制定与可行的KrF IFE发电厂相关的大电应力区域相关的设计标准。讨论了KrF IFE脉冲压缩和元件概念，以及固态开关开发和液体介电测试工作的最新结果。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Conference Record of the Twenty-Fifth International Power Modulator Symposium, 2002 and 2002 High-Voltage Workshop.

自引率

0.00%

发文量