Investigation of a High Voltage, High Frequency Power Conditioning System for Use with Flux Compression Generators

Summary form only given. The University of Missouri-Columbia is presently developing a compact power conditioning system to transform the high current signal from a flux compression generator (PCG) to the high voltage, high frequency signal required for a number of pulsed power applications. A non-destructive test stand has been built to simulate the output current of a flux compression generator and allow inexpensive and repeatable testing of the power conditioning components. This paper includes a description of the test stand, air-core transformer, exploding wire fuse, and oscillating transmission line transformer along with theoretical and experimental results obtained with the non-destructive test stand.