• DocumentCode
    3203496
  • Title

    High voltage insulator improvements made in the oil and water sections of the Z machine at Sandia national laboratories in 2008

  • Author

    Stoltzfus, B. ; LeChien, K. ; Savage, M. ; Stygar, W.

  • Author_Institution
    Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    June 28 2009-July 2 2009
  • Firstpage
    425
  • Lastpage
    430
  • Abstract
    Many changes were made to the Z machine oil and water sections in 2007 as part of the Z refurbishment project. As Z was returned to routine operation, some components required modification to increase shot rate. This paper summarizes the oil- and water-section insulator failures encountered in 2008 along with a description of the solutions implemented.
  • Keywords
    X-ray apparatus; failure analysis; insulators; Sandia National Laboratories; Z machine; high voltage insulator; oil-section insulator failure; water-section insulator failure; Laboratories; Oil insulation; Petroleum; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Pulsed Power Conference, 2009. PPC '09. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Washington, DC
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4064-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4065-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PPC.2009.5386278
  • Filename
    5386278