Electric Explosion of Aluminum Metallized Film

Author

Zirnheld, Jennifer L. ; Olabisi, Shola ; Burke, Kevin ; DiSanto, Thomas M. ; Moore, Harry L., Jr. ; Singh, Hardev

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., State Univ. of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA

Volume

37

Issue

12

fYear

2009

Firstpage

2378

Lastpage

2384

Abstract

Two types of capacitor-grade aluminum metallized polypropylene film were studied to investigate the factors that affect specific action integral and energy dissipation in the electrical explosion of a film, a phenomenon that occurs when a film is exposed to a high-density current pulse on the order of 10⁷ - 10⁸ A/cm². The factors studied include film cross-sectional area, film length, film sheet resistance, and discharge circuit inductance. All film samples were subjected to a 2.5-kV capacitive discharge. The basic principles of the exploding-film phenomenon and the detailed effects of the stated factors are discussed.

Keywords

aluminium; discharges (electric); exploding wires; polymer films; Al; aluminum metallized polypropylene film; capacitive discharge; discharge circuit inductance; electric explosion; electrical explosion; exploding-film phenomenon; film cross-sectional area; film length; film sheet resistance; high-density current pulse; Aluminum metallized film; exploding film; pulsed power; specific action integral;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPS.2009.2032547

Filename

5308466