{"title":"Wavelet Multi-Resolution Analysis Used for Partial Discharge Pattern Recognition","authors":"Ji Yang, Lin Du, You Yuanwang","doi":"10.1109/MODSYM.2006.365193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MODSYM.2006.365193","url":null,"abstract":"Partial discharge pattern recognition is considered as an effective tool for insulation fault diagnosis on high voltage electric apparatus. Based on the multi-resolution theory of wavelet, a new image recognition method is presented in this paper, which is used in gray intensity image recognition formed by partial discharge phase resolved distribution pattern. Firstly, the outstanding recognition image of partial discharge and the reference one are decomposed by wavelet, and then pattern similarity-degree and adjacency-degree are calculated from the correlation coefficients of low-frequency sub-image at the different scale. The discharge samples extracted from discharge model experiment are processed to pattern recognition by maximum pattern adjacency-degree. According to the recognition rate of multi-resolution image decomposition with four typical wavelet function, the influence of wavelet decomposition scale, wavelet orthogonality and its smoothing continuity to recognizing rate is analyzed. The results show that a satisfied recognition effect has reached through the new method by choosing orthogonal wavelet and suitable decomposition scale","PeriodicalId":410776,"journal":{"name":"Conference Record of the 2006 Twenty-Seventh International Power Modulator Symposium","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121100809","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}
Mark P. Wilson, L. balmer, M. Given, S. Macgregor, I. Timoshkin
{"title":"Optimization of the Spark Gap Parameters for High Power Ultrasound Applications","authors":"Mark P. Wilson, L. balmer, M. Given, S. Macgregor, I. Timoshkin","doi":"10.1109/MODSYM.2006.365244","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MODSYM.2006.365244","url":null,"abstract":"There is considerable interest in the industrial and commercial applications of high power ultrasound (HPU) generated using pulsed power techniques. These applications include metal peening, the treatment of ores and minerals before extraction, drilling technologies and the comminution and recovery of waste materials. In all of these applications, it is important to optimise the parameters of the discharge causing the shock wave in the working medium to maximise the efficiency of the treatment. In a research project at the University of Strathclyde, some applications of HPU to the treatment of waste to assist in recycling have been investigated. Two systems have been considered, slag from the manufacture of stainless steel and bottle glass. With the slag material, it is intended to separate stainless steel from the silicate matrix to permit its recovery. With the bottle glass, the intention is comminution of the material to allow it to be recycled in a more valuable form. Measurements of the efficiency of these processes have been made in terms of the mass of material processed versus the energy input as the parameters of the discharge gap have been varied. In parallel with this work, measurements have been made using pinducer sensors to determine the energy in HPU pulses generated by discharges under identical conditions. Correlations are made between the efficiency of material treatment and the intensity of the HPU pulse measured in the far field. It is hoped that this approach will allow the optimal gap parameters to be determined using pinducer measurements rather than time consuming trials based around materials processing","PeriodicalId":410776,"journal":{"name":"Conference Record of the 2006 Twenty-Seventh International Power Modulator Symposium","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123645886","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 60kV Pulse Power Generator Based on IGBT Stacks for Wide Application","authors":"H. Ryoo, J. Kim, G. Rim, D. Sytykh, G. Gussev","doi":"10.1109/MODSYM.2006.365298","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MODSYM.2006.365298","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a novel new pulse power generator based on IGBT stacks is proposed for pulse power application. The proposed scheme consists of series connected 9 power stages to generate maximum 60 kV output pulse and one series resonant power inverter to charge DC capacitor voltage. Each power stage is configured as 8 series connected power cells and each power cell generates up to 850 V DC pulse. Finally pulse output voltage is applied using a total of 72 series connected IGBTs. The synchronization of gating signal is important for series operation of IGBTs. For gating signal synchronization, a full bridge inverter and a pulse transformer generates on-off signals of IGBT gating and specially designed gate power circuit was used. The proposed scheme has lots of advantages such as long lifecyle, compact size, flat topped pulse forming, small weight, protection for arc, high efficiency, and flexibility to generate various kinds of pulse output. The operation of proposed pulse power supply was tested for PSII application and is confirmed that the proposed scheme can effectively be used for wide pulse power applications","PeriodicalId":410776,"journal":{"name":"Conference Record of the 2006 Twenty-Seventh International Power Modulator Symposium","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122869783","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":"SNS* Ring Extraction Kicker System","authors":"K. Rust, J. Tang, M. Plum","doi":"10.1109/MODSYM.2006.365283","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MODSYM.2006.365283","url":null,"abstract":"The spallation neutron source (SNS) has recently completed the commissioning of its 1.0 GeV proton storage ring, which included the ring extraction kicker system. This extraction system is comprised of fourteen high-voltage Blumlein-configured pulse-forming networks switched by fourteen thyratrons. The system also includes fourteen Blumlein control racks, which provide a high-voltage source, monitoring of interlocks, and signal conditioning to the system control racks. The four-system control racks are for adjusting timing and monitoring of the charge voltages and current pulses at the kicker magnets. The kicker system is then controlled by EPICS, the accelerator's control system. The kickers were designed at Brookhaven National Laboratory as in companion papers (BNL), and built to print by Applied Power Systems, Inc., (APS), of Hicksville, NY. The hardware and software utilized and the commissioning results of the fourteen Blumlein kickers will be presented","PeriodicalId":410776,"journal":{"name":"Conference Record of the 2006 Twenty-Seventh International Power Modulator Symposium","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125921866","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":"Voltage Breakdown in RF Cavities, DC Vacuum Gaps, and Computer Simulations","authors":"G. Werner","doi":"10.1109/MODSYM.2006.365177","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MODSYM.2006.365177","url":null,"abstract":"Summary form only given. Results from DC breakdown experiments designed to imitate (to some extent) breakdown in microwave resonators will be presented. \"Before\" and \"after\" pictures demonstrate the dangers of contaminant particles, and post-breakdown surface analyses show the damage caused by the arc around the field emitter, including the extent of ion bombardment. A simple model can explain the initiation of breakdown at a field emitter around which a monolayer of neutral atoms suddenly desorbs. Computer simulations using OOPIC show in more detail how breakdown might be thus triggered, and confirm the model's predictions of a critical current and gas density necessary for breakdown","PeriodicalId":410776,"journal":{"name":"Conference Record of the 2006 Twenty-Seventh International Power Modulator Symposium","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124452526","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":"Observations of Stimulated Acoustic Events Concurrent with Partial Discharge Events","authors":"A. Wilder, J. Murdock","doi":"10.1109/MODSYM.2006.365182","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MODSYM.2006.365182","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents observations of stimulated acoustic events (SAE) concurrent with PD events to support characterization of PD behaviors and discussion. There is support for claiming that SAE are signatures of acoustic resonance pulses that travel within a high voltage electrode acting as a delay line","PeriodicalId":410776,"journal":{"name":"Conference Record of the 2006 Twenty-Seventh International Power Modulator Symposium","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128119705","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}
J. Woodworth, I. Molina, D. Nelson, J. Maenchen, G. Sarkisov, J. Blickem, R. Starbird, F. Wilkins, D. van de Valde, D.L. Johnson
{"title":"Green-Laser-Triggered Water Switching at 1.6 MegaVolts","authors":"J. Woodworth, I. Molina, D. Nelson, J. Maenchen, G. Sarkisov, J. Blickem, R. Starbird, F. Wilkins, D. van de Valde, D.L. Johnson","doi":"10.1109/MODSYM.2006.365277","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MODSYM.2006.365277","url":null,"abstract":"Multiple water switches are used in the self-breaking mode in many large pulsed power systems. We are studying laser-triggering of water switches at voltages of up to 1.6 MV to see whether we can lower the command jitter of water switches. We have previously reported studies of 170-kV water switching with command jitters as low as plusmn2 ns. Our experiments are performed on a water switch in the middle of a 1.8-meter long 7.8-ohm coaxial water line that is directly charged by a 65-kJ Marx generator. The zero-to-peak risetime of the sinusoidal pulse impressed across the water switch is ~350 ns. To trigger the switch, we transport a green laser beam (0.4 J, 7-ns pulsewidth) radially inward through the water of the coaxial line to a box inside the inner coax line. There, the laser beam is turned 90 degrees and focused through a hole in one electrode to a breakdown arc in the water between the switch electrodes. Best results, of plusmn8.3 ns jitter and 100 ns delay at 60% of the self-break voltage, have been achieved using an axicon lens to focus the beam to a long narrow chain of point breakdowns between the switch electrodes","PeriodicalId":410776,"journal":{"name":"Conference Record of the 2006 Twenty-Seventh International Power Modulator Symposium","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114491036","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":"Virtual Cathode Oscillator Component Optimization","authors":"Y. Chen, J. Mankowski, J. Walter, M. Kristiansen","doi":"10.1109/MODSYM.2006.365206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MODSYM.2006.365206","url":null,"abstract":"Recent research efforts at TTU include a simple aluminum cathode for E-beam generation in a virtual cathode oscillator (vircator). As a continuation of these results, we are fabricating and testing several different types of cathodes for the vircator driven by a Marx generator and a pulse forming line (400 kV, 60 ns, 30 Omega). The cathodes, each with an emitting area of ~32 cm2, are made from aluminum and oxygen free copper fashioned to similar geometries with either a chemical etch or a CNC machine process. The vircator is tested with all of these cathodes and evaluated for beam voltage, current, and HPM generation. In addition to the cathode testing, several stainless steel and tungsten anode meshes with varying transparencies (50%-80%) are evaluated","PeriodicalId":410776,"journal":{"name":"Conference Record of the 2006 Twenty-Seventh International Power Modulator Symposium","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126449922","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":"Evaluation of a 4 mm x 4 mm SiC GTO at Temperatures up to 150°C and Varying Pulse Width","authors":"H. O’Brien, W. Shaheen","doi":"10.1109/MODSYM.2006.365219","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MODSYM.2006.365219","url":null,"abstract":"The U. S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) is evaluating silicon carbide Super GTOs (SGTOs) to determine the extent of silicon carbide's capabilities as a possible replacement for silicon in future pulsed switching applications. Individual SiC die measuring 4 mmtimes4 mm were pulsed at high temperatures and varying pulse widths. These SGTOs were switched in an RLC circuit at temperatures up to 150 degC. At this peak temperature, they were switched as high as 3.2 kA and repetitively pulsed at 2.6 kA and 5 Hz for greater than 14,000 pulses. A pulse forming network (PFN) was also designed to increase the pulse width and the action seen by the SiC devices. At ambient temperature and a peak current of 2 kA, SiC SGTOs were switched in the PFN at a 50% pulse width of 40 mus and an action of 150 A2s. This report includes further data on high temperature and wide pulse width testing, as well as analysis of the devices' failure points","PeriodicalId":410776,"journal":{"name":"Conference Record of the 2006 Twenty-Seventh International Power Modulator Symposium","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127839853","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":"Compact, Portable Pulsed Power Lessons Learned and Quo Vadis","authors":"E. Schamiloglu, K. Schoenbach, R. Vidmar","doi":"10.1109/MODSYM.2006.365170","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MODSYM.2006.365170","url":null,"abstract":"The Air Force Office of Scientific Research has supported two consortia to perform basic research leading to compact, portable pulsed power under the auspices of the DoD MURI program. This talk will review the achievements of the consortium led by the University of New Mexico. Over the past 5 years this consortium has focused on research topics that impact four basic elements of pulsed power: architecture, switching, increased energy density storage, and thermal management. A lot of the focus of the research pertinent to these areas has been on liquid and solid dielectric breakdown. Although considerable understanding has been achieved through our studies of these topics, some aspects continue to baffle us. In addition to highlighting the various achievements, this talk will discuss some of the open questions that still remain","PeriodicalId":410776,"journal":{"name":"Conference Record of the 2006 Twenty-Seventh International Power Modulator Symposium","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129517369","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}