Compact Autonomous Completely Explosive Pulsed Power Systems

Author

Shkuratov, Sergey I. ; Talantsev, Evgueni F. ; Baird, Jason ; Altgilbers, Larry L. ; Stults, Allen H.

Author_Institution

Loki Inc., Rolla

fYear

2007

Firstpage

799

Lastpage

799

Abstract

A new concept for a compact autonomous completely explosive pulsed power system is presented. The concept utilizes tire physical effects of transverse shock wave demagnetization of Nd₂Fe₁₄B high-energy hard ferromagnets and magnetic flux compression. A series of compact pulsed power systems was designed, built and tested. The developed systems contain two stages. The first stage is a transverse shock wave ferromagnetic generator (FMG) served as a primary power source (seed source). The second stage is a compact helical magnetic flux compression generator (FCG) serving as a pulsed power amplifier. Experimental data are presented for explosive and electrical operation of completely explosive FMG-FCG systems. Analytical consideration of the FMG-FCG seeding process was performed and is presented, as is a model for digital simulation of operation of completely explosive pulsed power FMG-FCG svstems.

Keywords

boron alloys; ferromagnetic materials; iron alloys; neodymium alloys; power amplifiers; pulse generators; pulsed power supplies; Nd₂Fe₁₄B; explosive pulsed power system; ferromagnetic generator; magnetic flux compression generator; pulsed power amplifier; transverse shock wave demagnetization; Demagnetization; Explosives; Iron; Magnetic flux; Neodymium; Power generation; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse power systems; Shock waves; Tires;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plasma Science, 2007. ICOPS 2007. IEEE 34th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM

ISSN

0730-9244

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0915-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PPPS.2007.4346105

Filename

4346105