T. Wong, I. Timoshkin, S. Macgregor, M. Wilson, M. Given
{"title":"Simulation of Streamer Discharges Across Solid Dielectric Surfaces Using the Open-Source FEniCS Platform","authors":"T. Wong, I. Timoshkin, S. Macgregor, M. Wilson, M. Given","doi":"10.1109/PPC40517.2021.9733158","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PPC40517.2021.9733158","url":null,"abstract":"Modelling the development of streamer discharges across gas-solid dielectric interfaces is of increasing importance to the power and pulsed power industries. Deeper understanding of the dynamics and morphology of fast ionisation fronts in gases and at gas-solid interfaces underpins insulation coordination and optimization in high voltage power and pulsed power systems. However, many physical mechanisms behind gas-solid flashover remain to be fully understood. In this work, an adaptive mesh drift diffusion solver implemented on the open-source finite element framework FEniCS is used to perform computational streamer modelling across gas-solid interfaces. In this study, we verify our implementation by performing studies under a published configuration of a positive streamer initiating and propagating along a flat dielectric surface in a 2D domain. FEniCS is proved fully capable of performing streamer simulations in complex gas-solid topologies, with our results providing further evidence of accelerated surface streamers and other observed effects under various initial seed positions, surface permittivity, and applied voltage magnitudes.","PeriodicalId":307571,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE Pulsed Power Conference (PPC)","volume":"88 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124558504","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":"Progress in development of pulsed resonant charging power supply for the Spallation Neutron Source extraction kicker PFN system","authors":"V. Peplov, C. Pappas, R. Saethre, Y. Tan","doi":"10.1109/PPC40517.2021.9733159","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PPC40517.2021.9733159","url":null,"abstract":"A conceptual design of the pulsed resonant charging power supply (RCPS) for the beam extraction system of the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) was previously reported at the 2019 IEEE Pulsed Power & Plasma Science Conference (PPPS 2019) [1]. Development and testing of the prototype supply continued through the year to finalize the design ahead of the Proton Power Upgrade (PPU). Testing revealed reliability issues with the original resonant charging scheme related to the step-up transformer core. Additional components were incorporated into the system, and some of the original prototype components were replaced to improve performance and reliability of the power supply. This paper describes the changes in the resonant charging scheme, presents the results of testing of the improved prototype at full power level, and shows the final design of the RCPS.","PeriodicalId":307571,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE Pulsed Power Conference (PPC)","volume":"119 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115805166","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":"A Multi-Term Boltzmann Equation Toolset for Low Temperature Plasmas","authors":"Max Flynn, A. Neuber, J. Stephens","doi":"10.1109/PPC40517.2021.9733141","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PPC40517.2021.9733141","url":null,"abstract":"Low temperature plasma (LTP) models, such as fluid and global models, frequently rely on Boltzmann equation (BE) solvers for the fast calculation of rate and transport coefficients from cross section data. While multi-term BE solvers currently see strong support in the kinetic modeling community, two-term BE solvers remain the preferred choice in the greater pulsed power and plasma science community. The limitations of the two-term approximation are well known, yet it is still regularly assumed that the two-term approximation is suitable for applications in LTP models. Recent studies have demonstrated otherwise where, even in a simple 1D fluid model, the use of multi-term derived rate and transport coefficients yielded superior fluid model results compared to the same model using two-term derived rate and transport coefficients.Much of the reluctance in adopting multi-term BE solvers may be attributed to a lack of publicly available tools. Here, we report on the public release of MultiBolt v3.0.0 as a free and open-source C++ header library as well as its pre-compiled terminal-based executable and graphical user interface. We also report on the inclusion of new functionality in temperature dependence, superelastic collisions, and the object-oriented treatment of both discrete and analytic cross sections.","PeriodicalId":307571,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE Pulsed Power Conference (PPC)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130116724","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}
A. Gregory, Z. Shaw, D. Wright, J. Mankowski, J. Dickens, A. Neuber
{"title":"High Power Multipactor Suppression in X-Band Waveguide","authors":"A. Gregory, Z. Shaw, D. Wright, J. Mankowski, J. Dickens, A. Neuber","doi":"10.1109/PPC40517.2021.9733122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PPC40517.2021.9733122","url":null,"abstract":"The multipactor effect is detrimental in space-based RF systems through detuning, heating, and causing permanent component damage. Studying thresholds and suppression of multipactor utilizing surface geometries in structures akin to WR-90 waveguide are of specific interest in the presented work. Operating in the dominant TE10 mode, a copper stepped impedance transformer transitions the waveguide to a 1.5 mm height, providing a frequency-gap product conducive for multipactor ignition. The stepped impedance transformer housing is designed as a plug-and-play system, allowing for quick swapping different stepped impedance transformer heights or materials. Input power is injected into the test gap from a coaxial magnetron, operating at 9.4 GHz with a peak power of 250 kW and 2.5 µs pulse width.The setup will enable the measurement of base thresholds for a machined and polished copper surface (material that has undergone a simple cleaning process only), as well as thresholds for multipactor suppression geometries. The testing apparatus details, including the phase-sensitive diagnostics, are presented","PeriodicalId":307571,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE Pulsed Power Conference (PPC)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129555491","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":"Linear pulse transformer with pulse repetition up to 5 Hz","authors":"V. Alexeenko, A. Zherlitsyn, S. Kondratiev","doi":"10.1109/PPC40517.2021.9733127","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PPC40517.2021.9733127","url":null,"abstract":"The design and the study result of the linear pulse transformer with turns ratio k=1, transformer with k=2, and two transformers with k=2 connected in series are presented. Distinctive features of this transformers are the frequency mode of operation, the absence of a liquid dielectric in their insulation, the placement of a capacitive energy storage inside the case (inductor) and its direct connection to the primary coil without the use of high voltage transmission cables. The capacity of the transformer storage is 150 nF and the stored energy is of 188 J at charge voltage 50 kV. The transformers allows transferring about 60% of the stored energy to a \"matched\" load in a characteristic time of about 1 µs. Experimental results consist of more than 30 thousand pulse which were performed in frequency mode of operation with the pulse repetition rate of 1-5 Hz. Stable frequency operation of the transformer with a jitter of about 20 ns is realized.","PeriodicalId":307571,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE Pulsed Power Conference (PPC)","volume":"101 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123253167","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":"Design of 3He Solenoid Power Supply at BNL","authors":"Y. Tan","doi":"10.1109/PPC40517.2021.9733120","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PPC40517.2021.9733120","url":null,"abstract":"The design of the 3He solenoid power supply at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) has been completed and construction is underway. The power supply is an upgrade of the existing Electron Beam Ion Source (EBIS) solenoid power supply and thus can be used as an operational spare. It is also capable of driving a solenoid magnet that rotates the 3He spin direction. The design is based on the original EBIS solenoid power supply, incorporating bipolar output and short circuit protection features to address the expanded requirements for spin rotation. The output current is a half sine wave of 13ms duration at the repetition rate of 5Hz, with the amplitude of 1900A. This paper will discuss the design and construction status of the 3He solenoid power supply.","PeriodicalId":307571,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE Pulsed Power Conference (PPC)","volume":"115 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126977266","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":"Armature Technologies and Launching Capability of Electromagnetic Railgun Launcher with Monolithic U-shaped Aluminum Armature","authors":"Q. Lv, Chunyan Liang, Xi-chao Yuan, Zhiming Qiao, Bin Lei, Hong-jun Xiang","doi":"10.1109/PPC40517.2021.9733053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PPC40517.2021.9733053","url":null,"abstract":"The progress and limitation of launching capability for an electromagnetic railgun launcher were analyzed referring to the armature technologies. The monolithic U-shaped aluminum armature could be used to launch efficiently a projectile to 2.5-km/s hypervelocity owing to such nine aspects of characteristics as low density, high conductivity, low specific heat, suitable melting point, low melting heat, high mechanical strength, U shape to undertake the interference fit between rail/armature sliding interfaces, U shape to conduct longitudinal current, U shape to distribute current to try to avoid local gathering. The reliable sliding electric contact between rail/armature was well controlled to depress friction, abrasion, transition to discharge erosion, gouging, and grooving. However, such four aspects of characteristics as the heavy pulse current of MA magnitude, the current gathering on the concave surface of U-shaped armature, the local Ohmic heat to melting, and the magnetic saw effect did limit the launching capabilities of an electromagnetic railgun launcher with a monolithic U-shaped aluminum armature. The simulation results showed that the muzzle momentum had a limited value of about 15 kg × 2.5 km/s for a railgun launcher. The results reached were: the monolithic U-shaped aluminum armature could successfully launch a 15-kg projectile to 2.5 km/s; The evaluation index of the launching capabilities for an electromagnetic railgun launcher was the muzzle momentum, not the muzzle velocity or the muzzle kinetic energy, owing to magnetic saw to break the armature; a kind of double-layered U-shaped aluminum armature might help to launch a 60-kg projectile to 2.5-km/s velocity.","PeriodicalId":307571,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE Pulsed Power Conference (PPC)","volume":"235 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115582003","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":"Rapid Capacitor Charger with Advanced Digital Control","authors":"M. Giesselmann, J. Mayes","doi":"10.1109/PPC40517.2021.9733157","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PPC40517.2021.9733157","url":null,"abstract":"We are reporting on the design of a compact capacitor charger with a rated output voltage of 50kV and a power rating of 10kJ/s. The input source is a 208V, 3-phase AC utility supply. The charger shall fit in to an 19inch, 5U enclosure. The core of the charger is a HV-power pack containing a high-frequency transformer with a nano-crystalline core, multiple output windings using litz-wire and integrated HV rectifiers. The primary of the transformer is driven by an H-bridge inverter with advanced IGBTs and matching High Power Drivers. The control is through a state-of-the-art Digital Signal Controller (DSC) with fast cycle-by-cycle Peak current mode control, leading edge blanking, and high resolution, fast, automated slope compensation for current loop stability. The DSC runs at 5 times the speed of the main processor core for ns level PWM resolution.","PeriodicalId":307571,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE Pulsed Power Conference (PPC)","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129509452","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":"Development of a Dynamic Arbitrary Current Source for Power-HiL Simulations and HVDC Breaker Characterization","authors":"G. Tsolaridis, J. Biela","doi":"10.1109/PPC40517.2021.9733146","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PPC40517.2021.9733146","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the focus is on the DynACuSo, a dynamic arbitrary current source, with a modular design. The source aims to fulfill a list of specifications that arise from a wide range of applications, and explore performance boundaries in terms of output ripple and dynamic. The DynACuSo is a second-generation arbitrary current source with a peak current of 1.5 kA, a continuous current of 1 kA, and a bipolar output voltage of up to ±10 kV. It can also generate current gradients above 10 A µs−1 through a wide range of loads, and a low flattop ripple below 500ppm. The topology and operation principle of the source are discussed and models to derive the maximum theoretical potential of the system are established. Furthermore, the advanced control system that enables the utilization of the full potential of the topology is presented. Finally, experimental results with a prototype system verify the concept. The measurements show the ability of the source to generate current gradients that exceed 15 A µs−1 and a current ripple of some tens of mA. Experimental measurements also show the ability of the source to generate complex current waveforms, with very short current rise/fall times with a DC-arc as a load. The result opens new potential research opportunities for further DC-arc investigations and verifies the applicability of the source in the field of Power-HiL simulations.","PeriodicalId":307571,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE Pulsed Power Conference (PPC)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130570350","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}
Yin-Long Xing, Jiefeng Wu, S. Pei, Zhihong Liu, Li Bo, Wei Wen, Jia Tao, Jianguo Ma
{"title":"Study on OFC electron beam welding joints in a Boat Shape RF cavity","authors":"Yin-Long Xing, Jiefeng Wu, S. Pei, Zhihong Liu, Li Bo, Wei Wen, Jia Tao, Jianguo Ma","doi":"10.1109/PPC40517.2021.9733118","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PPC40517.2021.9733118","url":null,"abstract":"Proton beam accelerators with an energy of ~GeV and a power of ~MW have been developed In order to expand the application of protons in basic physics, the nuclear industry, family safety and so on. The high-power radio frequency (RF) cavity is an extremely important component of proton accelerators. To study the manufacturing process of the high-power RF cavity, the R&D of the 1/4-scaled boat-shaped cavity is being developed. The selection of copper material and the performance of the welded joint are the key factors of the boat-shaped cavity. In this paper, taking 6 mm thick Y-state and semi-Y-state oxygen-free copper (OFC) as the research objects, the microstructure and mechanical properties of the electron beam welded joints of these materials were compared and analysed. In contrast, a semi-Y OFC is more suitable for the manufacturing and welding of boat-shaped RF cavities, and has been applied to the manufacturing of the 1/4-scale boat-shaped cavities.","PeriodicalId":307571,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE Pulsed Power Conference (PPC)","volume":"87 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123181917","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}