Pulsed power technologies for commercial material reduction and crushing applications

Author

Hofmann, Jurgen ; Weise, T.H.G.G.

Author_Institution

TZN Forschungs- und Entwicklungszentrum Unterluesz GmbH, Germany

Volume

1

fYear

1997

fDate

June 29 1997-July 2 1997

Firstpage

203

Abstract

An overview on the activities of TZN in the development of commercial pulsed power systems for material reduction and crushing applications is given. Up to now, several test facilities have been set up. Experimental and theoretical investigations have been performed in order to optimize the interaction process of electrothermally generated shock waves with brittle materials, i.e. minerals, concrete and rocks as well as basic material for semiconducting wafer production. A pulsed power technology demonstrator for the reduction of reinforced concrete plates with a weight of several tons each is just under final start up at TZN. Its setup and some results of the first phase of operation are given.

Keywords

pulsed power technology; applications; brittle material; commercial pulsed power systems; electrothermally generated shock waves; interaction process; material crushing; material reduction; pulsed power technology demonstrator; reinforced concrete plates; test facilities; Building materials; Concrete; Electrothermal effects; Industrial power systems; Minerals; Pulse power systems; Semiconductivity; Semiconductor materials; Shock waves; Test facilities;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pulsed Power Conference, 1997. Digest of Technical Papers. 1997 11th IEEE International

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4213-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PPC.1997.679306

Filename

679306