D. Mosher, R. Commisso, D. Murphy, D. Phipps, S. Stephanakis
{"title":"Peak Implosion Power as a Predictor of Plasma Radiation Source K-Shell Performance","authors":"D. Mosher, R. Commisso, D. Murphy, D. Phipps, S. Stephanakis","doi":"10.1109/PPC.2005.300651","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PPC.2005.300651","url":null,"abstract":"Hawk is a current-stiff Z-pinch driver that uses a plasma opening switch to transfer inductively-stored current into the load, and employs a vacuum voltmeter to directly measure the voltage drop across the neon gas-puff Z-pinch. The load-voltage measurements permit calculation of the time-dependent load inductance, as well as the associated power Pimp and energy Eimp in the pinch during the implosion and stagnation phases. For experiments that determine the dependence of neon K-shell yield on the gas-puff density profile at constant load mass, Pimp is found to be a better measure of pinch quality and yield than peak current or implosion energy. For these data, and other data for which the load mass was varied with constant profile shape, Pimp and Eimp are combined with K-shell radiation measurements to provide insights into the physics of the pinch stagnation phase.","PeriodicalId":200159,"journal":{"name":"2005 IEEE Pulsed Power Conference","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129746155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Hahn, E. Schamiloglu, D. Welch, B. Oliver, J. Maenchen, N. Bruner, G. Cooper, S. Cordova, M. Johnston, J. Mclean, I. Molina, S. Portillo, D. Rose, D. Rovang, D. van de Valde, D. Ziska
{"title":"Electron Beam Transport in Gas and Plasma-filled Cells on RITS","authors":"K. Hahn, E. Schamiloglu, D. Welch, B. Oliver, J. Maenchen, N. Bruner, G. Cooper, S. Cordova, M. Johnston, J. Mclean, I. Molina, S. Portillo, D. Rose, D. Rovang, D. van de Valde, D. Ziska","doi":"10.1109/PPC.2005.300433","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PPC.2005.300433","url":null,"abstract":"Over the past 30 years, the paraxial diode has utilized a gas-filled transport cell to focus an electron beam onto a high-Z target in order to generate intense x-rays for flash radiography. One of the key objectives is to create a small radiographic spot, which in turn is related to the focusing dynamics of the beam. For gas-filled transport cells, the primary limitation to achieving a small time-integrated spot size is believed to be due to beam sweeping through the focal plane on the timescale of the pulse. This results in a larger than desired time-integrated radiographic spot. Recent simulations using LSP, a particle-in-cell code, have found that if a pre-ionized plasma transport cell is utilized with density on the order of 1016 cm-3, then the beam focal plane is essentially \"frozen\" in time, thereby limiting spot growth due to beam sweep. Recent experiments at Sandia National Laboratories have been conducted to investigate the spot behavior as a function of time for both gas and plasma-filled transport cells. For the plasma-filled experiments, a z-discharge of static hydrogen is used to create a highly ionized plasma in the transport cell. For the gas-filled experiments, the transport cell is filled with either hydrogen or air with pressures of 0.5-5 Torr. Time-resolved as well as time integrated measurement of the focal spot are presented and compared for both the gas and plasma-filled transport cells.","PeriodicalId":200159,"journal":{"name":"2005 IEEE Pulsed Power Conference","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128294048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dynamic Resistance Calculation of Nanosecond Spark-Gaps","authors":"M. Istenič, I. Smith, B. M. Novae","doi":"10.1109/PPC.2005.300732","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PPC.2005.300732","url":null,"abstract":"A simple phenomenological model is described for calculating spark-gap resistance in nanosecond gas discharges. Initially an existing model is described, which involves the density and composition of the gas in which the spark-gap is immersed and the radius of the expanding channel. The model is then extended, using conductivity values fitted to experimental data. The accuracy of the model is validated by comparison with existing measurements.","PeriodicalId":200159,"journal":{"name":"2005 IEEE Pulsed Power Conference","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129665878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Electromagnetically Driven Expanding Ring Experiments for Strength Studies","authors":"D. Landen, S. Satapathy, D. Surls","doi":"10.1109/PPC.2005.300677","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PPC.2005.300677","url":null,"abstract":"Most high-temperature mechanical properties of metals are available for isothermal conditions obtained after heating the specimen for several hours. However, in pulsed-power applications, materials are adiabatically heated by rapid deposition of energy. Experimental evidence from electron beam heating indicates that high- temperature mechanical properties significantly depend on the rapidity and duration of heat deposition. We have designed an experimental apparatus to apply heat using a short-duration electric pulse in an expanding ring experiment originally developed by Gourdin et al. [1], [2]. While earlier experiments were primarily concerned with obtaining high-strain-rate strength and fragmentation data, our primary goal is to obtain high-temperature data under pulsed heating conditions. The experiment uses a primary coil powered by an RC circuit designed to be critically damped to induce a current pulse in a thin ring of specimen that expands and fragments due to electromagnetic forces. The induced current heats the sample prior to significant expansion of the ring. Current in the primary and secondary are measured using Pearson and Rogowski coils. We used a VISAR to measure the ring's expansion speed and a high-speed camera to capture its dynamic fragmentation. Data generated will quantify the rate of heating sensitivity of material properties in commonly used materials for development and validation of appropriate constitutive equations.","PeriodicalId":200159,"journal":{"name":"2005 IEEE Pulsed Power Conference","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130298138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ferroelectric Thick Film in Insulator Sleeve on a Low Energy Plasma Focus","authors":"G. Sylvester, P. Silva, J. Moreno, M. Zambra","doi":"10.1109/PPC.2005.300453","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PPC.2005.300453","url":null,"abstract":"The effect of ferroelectric lead germanate Pb5Ge3O11 thick film in the alumina insulator sleeve of a 400 Joules Mather-type plasma focus device is studied. The breakdown phase along the insulator is fundamental for the formation of a homogeneous and symmetric current sheath. For over several hundreds electrical discharges, the different films show good mechanical and electric performance. From the beginning, the drive system operation is highly reproducible, shot to shot, with a clear definition of the plasma pinch on the axis of discharge. The influence grade of the electron emission from ferroelectric is experimentally studied.","PeriodicalId":200159,"journal":{"name":"2005 IEEE Pulsed Power Conference","volume":"78 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126672394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Implementation of Compact Negative Pulse Generator Based on EMTP Simulation Design","authors":"K. Ko, Bongseong Kim, Heung-Jin Ju","doi":"10.1109/PPC.2005.300471","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PPC.2005.300471","url":null,"abstract":"This paper present several processes that show implementation of a compact negative pulse generator using the series connected IGBTs switch for WIPS (Wire Ion Plasma Source) reactor. Two kinds of approach are shown in this paper to design medium voltage switch using IGBT in series connection and to generate stable negative pulse. There is proposed novel active clamping method of IGBTs to synchronize dynamic voltage sharing at each IGBT that is based on analytical and experimental data of typical series connection. To generate stable negative pulse that is used in buck type simple negative pulse generator, EMTP is preferred to analysis and improve output pulse shape.","PeriodicalId":200159,"journal":{"name":"2005 IEEE Pulsed Power Conference","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123847567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Verma, A. Shyam, S. Chaturvedi, R. Kumar, D. Lathi, V. Chaudhary, R. Shukla, K. Debnath, S. Sharma, J. Sonara, K. Shah, B. Adhikary, R. Thakkar, B. Chauhan
{"title":"Portable & Low Cost Giga-Watt Pulsed Power Source for Intense Electron Beam Generation","authors":"R. Verma, A. Shyam, S. Chaturvedi, R. Kumar, D. Lathi, V. Chaudhary, R. Shukla, K. Debnath, S. Sharma, J. Sonara, K. Shah, B. Adhikary, R. Thakkar, B. Chauhan","doi":"10.1109/PPC.2005.300754","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PPC.2005.300754","url":null,"abstract":"An alternative approach for applications requiring production of intense electron beam without using conventional configuration of Marx/Tesla accompanying Pulse Forming Line has been explored. The developed portable system utilizes four stage Blumlein pulse forming network made from inexpensive commercially available URM-67 coaxial cables having characteristic impedance of 50Omega. All stages are charged in parallel and then synchronously discharged through single low inductance railgap switch. Use of low jitter (<5 ns) railgap switch allows synchronization with other events and improves reproducibility of the system. Each stage of Blumlein is configured as eight parallel pulse forming network, with a resultant output impedance of 6.25 Omega per stage. For four stages the output impedance is therefore 25 Omega. A 24 V battery driven 50 kV DC to DC Converter has been used for charging the system. The generator is capable of delivering power up to 200 kV, 4 kA across matched load of 50 Omega. The voltage pulse duration and rise time are 50 ns and 8 ns respectively. In the presented paper, generator construction has been described and performance of the system is evaluated to realize adverse effect of parasitic impedance on the voltage gain and pulse shape. Also its operation has been simulated by PSPICE circuit simulator program and good agreement has been obtained between simulated and experimental results. The entire cost of the generator including raw material and labor is under US $2500. Other than low cost of the generator, added advantage of cable based system is that - the slow DC charging of transmission line to a known voltage eliminates the possibility of diode voltage prepulse in electron beam generation experiments. Applications of this pulse generator also include flash X- ray generation, breakdown tests, ion implantation, streamer discharge studies, ultra wideband generation etc.","PeriodicalId":200159,"journal":{"name":"2005 IEEE Pulsed Power Conference","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124023506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Toury, J. Delvaux, E. Merle, C. Vermare, L. Veron
{"title":"Design of a Vacuum Coaxial Line for Astérix to Study the Behavior of a MITL at High Voltage","authors":"M. Toury, J. Delvaux, E. Merle, C. Vermare, L. Veron","doi":"10.1109/PPC.2005.300756","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PPC.2005.300756","url":null,"abstract":"AT PEM (Polygone d'Experimentation de Moronvilliers), the CEA will build a flash x-ray generator based on LTD technology. In this machine, the electrical energy is transmitted to the X-ray diode by a MITL (magnetically insulated transmission line). To study the behavior of this kind of high voltage line and the energy fed to the diode, the CEA has undertaken to install a new coaxial line on the Marx generator ASTERIX, located at the CEG (Centre d'Etudes de Gramat). This modification will associate to the present vacuum line, a new element that will increase the radius of the internal conductor and decrease the radius of the external conductor to the dimensions of the future LTD generator line. Also it will increase the length of the line to study with more details the MITL behavior. To design this new element and optimize the different dimensions, PIC simulations with the LSP code were used. They permit to control magnetic insulation by taking into account the electronic current flow along the internal conductor and to show the effects of this addition on the Marx bank. In this paper, the design of this additional element and the different simulation results are presented. Also, the different diagnostics needed to characterize the power transmission and the magnetically insulation are specified.","PeriodicalId":200159,"journal":{"name":"2005 IEEE Pulsed Power Conference","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121192706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparison of Ultra-Compact Seed Sources for MFCG's","authors":"J. Walter, D. Hemmert","doi":"10.1109/PPC.2005.300637","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PPC.2005.300637","url":null,"abstract":"The increasing need for small, expendable, pulsed power payloads is driving the development of ultra- compact pulsed power systems and components. The primary compact pulsed power device considered is the magnetic flux compression generator, due to the large stored energy density in high explosives. To maximize the total system volume available for the MFCG, an ultra- compact seed current source is required. HEM Technologies has constructed and evaluated seed current sources utilizing two different technologies: a battery- powered capacitive discharge and an explosively driven ferro-electric. These devices were constructed to fit into a volume less than 200 cubic centimeters. Details of the design tradeoffs and experimental results are presented. Comparisons between the two technologies, potential improvements and limitations to each are discussed.","PeriodicalId":200159,"journal":{"name":"2005 IEEE Pulsed Power Conference","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121405123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Jackson, M. Savage, D. Seidel, C. Mendel, M. Gilmore
{"title":"Initial Design and Results from an Ion Current Collection Diagnostic for the Triggered Plasma Opening Switch Experiment","authors":"D. Jackson, M. Savage, D. Seidel, C. Mendel, M. Gilmore","doi":"10.1109/PPC.2005.300745","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PPC.2005.300745","url":null,"abstract":"Study of the triggered plasma opening switch (TPOS) characteristics is in progress via an ion current collection diagnostic (ICCD), in addition to offline apparatus. This initial ion current collection diagnostic has been designed, fabricated, and tested on the TPOS in order to explore the opening profile of the main switch. The initial ion current collection device utilizes five collectors which are positioned perpendicularly to the main switch stage in order to collect radially traveling ions. It has been shown through analytical prowess that this specific geometry can be treated as a planar case of the Child-Langmuir law with only a 6% deviation from the cylindrical case. Additionally, magnetostatic simulations with self consistent space charge emitting surfaces of the main switch using the Trak code are under way. It is hoped that the simulations will provide evidence in support of both the analytical derivations and experimental data. Finally, an improved design of the ICCD (containing 12 collectors in the axial direction) is presently being implemented.","PeriodicalId":200159,"journal":{"name":"2005 IEEE Pulsed Power Conference","volume":"602 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116334666","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}