Initialization and Operation of Mercury, A 6-MV MIVA

Author

Allen, R.J. ; Berry, C.L. ; Commisso, R.J. ; Cooperstein, G. ; Fisher, R.C. ; Hinshelwood, D.D. ; Holt, T.A. ; Miller, A.T. ; Murphy, D.P. ; Neri, J.M. ; Ottinger, P.F. ; Phipps, D.G. ; Schumer, J.W. ; Stephanakis, S.J. ; Swanekamp, S.B. ; Young, F.C. ; J

Author_Institution

Plasma Phys. Div., Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC

fYear

2005

fDate

13-17 June 2005

Firstpage

318

Lastpage

321

Abstract

Mercury became operational in a stepwise manner to test the machine components after modifications and reassembly at NRL. To avoid damaging the MIVA, extensive testing of the laser and PFL output switches was performed using dummy loads. Finally, the PFLs were connected to the MIVA and Mercury was fired into a simple cylindrical diode load with a Marx charge voltage up to 75 kV. Measured MIVA currents and voltages compare well with a circuit model of the MIVA fed by the measured PFL outputs and with PIC simulations of the MIVA and the diode load.

Keywords

diodes; plasma switches; pulsed power switches; MIVA; Marx charge voltage; Mercury; PIC simulations; diode load; magnetically-insulated inductive voltage adder; pulse-forming lines; voltage 6 MV; Adders; Capacitance; Capacitors; Conductors; Current measurement; Diodes; Gas lasers; Switches; Testing; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pulsed Power Conference, 2005 IEEE

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9189-6

Electronic_ISBN

0-7803-9190-x

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PPC.2005.300622

Filename

4084216