Fabrication and Testing of a 600-kJ Pulsed Power System

Author

Yun Sik Jin ; Young Bae Kim ; Jong Soo Kim ; Chuhyun Cho ; Soo Won Lim ; Byungha Lee ; Sung Ho Kim ; Sanghyuk An ; Seok Han Yoon ; In Su Koo

Author_Institution

Korea Electrotechnol. Res. Inst., Changwon, South Korea

Volume

41

Issue

10

fYear

2013

fDate

Oct. 2013

Firstpage

2671

Lastpage

2674

Abstract

A 600-kJ pulsed power system (PPS) was built for various applications. The PPS consists of six 100-kJ unit modules. A single unit module is composed of a capacitor, a thyristor switch stack, a crowbar diode stack, and a pulse forming inductor. The module was designed to be operational for a maximum charging voltage of 10 kV and a peak current up to 75 kA. Each module can be triggered and controlled independently by a control computer via fiber optic communication. The six modules are combined into one frame and are charged to the same voltage by one capacitor charger. The design, fabrication and test results of the unit modules, and the 600 kJ PPS are presented in this paper.

Keywords

capacitors; inductors; pulsed power supplies; thyristor applications; capacitor charger; control computer; crowbar diode stack; energy 100 kJ; energy 600 kJ; fiber optic communication; maximum charging voltage; pulse forming inductor; pulsed power system; thyristor switch stack; unit modules; voltage 10 kV; Capacitors; Coaxial cables; Inductors; Optical switches; Semiconductor lasers; Thyristors; Capacitor bank; crowbar diode; pulsed power; thyristor switch;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPS.2013.2276108

Filename

6579757