Upgrade of a 350 kV NEMP HPD pulser to 1.2 MV

Author

Jung, M. ; Weise, Th ; Nitsch, D. ; Braunsberger, U.

Author_Institution

Rheinmetall W&M GmbH, Unterlub

fYear

2004

fDate

23-26 May 2004

Firstpage

356

Lastpage

359

Abstract

This paper will describe the upgrade of the 350 kV NEMP HPD pulse generator of the WIS in Munster, Germany to an output voltage of 1.2 MV by using a commercially available 1.2 MV Marx generator. The results of a PSpice investigation of the influence of the peaker capacitance and the line inductance on the pulse rise time, amplitude and width will be presented. The design, production and testing of the HV elements as feed through, pulse line and peaking capacitor under the restrictions of a short isolation distance and a high voltage will be discussed. The paper will conclude with a presentation of the measured electrical field parameters such as rise time, field strength, reproducibility etc. reached after the integration of the modified pulse generator into the existing dipole hybrid antenna construction in Munster

Keywords

capacitance; dipole antennas; electric field measurement; inductance; power engineering computing; pulse generators; 1.2 MV; 350 kV; HV elements; Marx generator; Munster; NEMP HPD pulser; PSpice investigation; dipole hybrid antenna; electrical field parameter measurement; field strength measurement; line inductance; peaking capacitor; pulse generator; rise time measurement; short isolation distance; Antenna measurements; Capacitance; Capacitors; Feeds; Inductance; Production; Pulse generation; Space vector pulse width modulation; Testing; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Modulator Symposium, 2004 and 2004 High-Voltage Workshop. Conference Record of the Twenty-Sixth International

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8586-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MODSYM.2004.1433585

Filename

1433585