High current pulse striplines

Author

Bourkland, K. ; Jensen, C. ; Tinsley, D. ; Markel, W.

fYear

2001

Firstpage

213

Abstract

Summary form only given. There are two different horn systems under construction at Fermilab for neutrino beamlines. The NuMI project requires a power supply that operates at 550V, 205kA, 5.2ms and 0.53pps. The MiniBooNE project requires a power supply that operates at 5.4kV, 170kA, 130/spl mu/s and 7.5pps. Both require long low inductance connections between the power supply and horn; 60 feet for MiniBooNE and 230 feet for NuMI. This paper discusses several electrical and mechanical design requirements that have been overcome. These include low impedance, radiation hardness, voltage holdoff, clamping for electrical and mechanical connections and humidity and dust control. Measurements of the inductance of the striplines and voltage holdoff will be compared to calculations. Both systems have been run and the results of those tests will also be discussed.

Keywords

neutrino production; particle beam diagnostics; pulsed power supplies; strip lines; 130 mus; 170 kA; 205 kA; 5.2 ms; 5.4 kV; 550 V; Fermilab; MiniBooNE project; NuMl project; clamping; dust control; electrical connections; electrical design requirements; high current pulse striplines; horn systems; humidity; impedance; low inductance connections; mechanical connections; mechanical design requirements; neutrino beamlines; power supply; radiation hardness; stripline inductance; voltage holdoff; Clamps; Humidity control; Impedance; Inductance measurement; Neutrino sources; Power supplies; Pulsed power supplies; Stripline; System testing; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pulsed Power Plasma Science, 2001. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7141-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PPPS.2001.960812

Filename

960812