GIT16: state of project in 1995-1997

Author

Kovalchuk, Boris M. ; Kokshenev, Vladimir A. ; Kurmaev, N.E. ; Loginov, Sergey Vasilievich ; Fursov, F.I.

Author_Institution

Inst. of High-Current Electron., Acad. of Sci., Tomsk, Russia

Volume

1

fYear

1997

fDate

June 29 1997-July 2 1997

Firstpage

715

Abstract

The high current pulsed power GIT16 driver was put into operation in 1992, consisting of 8 modules (GIT8). The machine was used for POS investigations at currents up to 4 MA and conduction times up to 1.5 ys, and to drive the Z-pinch radiative loads. It was found that for reliable operation of the Marxes the damping resistors should be included into each module circuit in order to protect the storage capacitors. After the resistors were installed, the charge voltage was increased to 70 kV resulting in the same 4 MA, at the acceptable probability of the capacitor failure.

Keywords

load (electric); power supplies to apparatus; pulse generators; pulsed power technology; 1.5 mus; 4 MA; 70 kV; AD 1995 to 1997; GIT16 pulsed power supply; Marx generator; POS investigations; Z-pinch radiative loads; conduction time; damping resistors; high-current pulsed power driver; project status; storage capacitors; Capacitors; Cathodes; Circuit testing; Delay effects; Electric breakdown; Inductance; Plasmas; Resistors; Switches; Voltage;

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.1997.679427

Filename

679427