Repetitive pulsed power generators using an inductive energy storage system

Author

Akiyama, H. ; Katschinski, U. ; Murayama, K. ; Katsuki, S. ; Tsukamoto, S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Kumamoto Univ., Japan

Volume

1

fYear

1995

fDate

3-6 July 1995

Firstpage

312

Abstract

Pulsed power generators using an inductive energy storage system are extremely compact and lightweight in comparison with those using a capacitive energy storage system. A reliable opening switch operated repetitively is necessary to realize an inductive pulsed power generator. Two kinds of repetitively operated opening switches have been developed in Kumamoto University. One is an exploding copper wire set by an automatic wire setting device, and the other is a plasma opening switch using YAG laser-produced plasma. Both switches are described.

Keywords

exploding wires; inductive energy storage; plasma devices; plasma production by laser; plasma switches; power supplies to apparatus; pulse generators; pulsed power switches; Kumamoto University; YAG laser-produced plasma; automatic wire setting device; exploding copper wire; inductive energy storage system; inductive pulsed power generator; plasma opening switch; repetitive opening switch; repetitive pulsed power generators; Copper; Energy storage; Optical pulse generation; Plasma waves; Power generation; Power system reliability; Pulse generation; Switches; Voltage; Wire;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pulsed Power Conference, 1995. Digest of Technical Papers., Tenth IEEE International

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2791-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PPC.1995.596498

Filename

596498