Optimisation of sequential triggering delay in a coaxial fast erecting Marx generator

Author

Reddy, C. Shreedhar ; Mitra, Subhasish ; Sharma, Ashok ; Mittal, Kailash Chandra ; Umbarkar, Sachin B.

Author_Institution

Accel. & Pulse Power Div., Bhabha Atomic Res. Centre Trombay, Mumbai, India

fYear

2013

fDate

16-21 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper analyses the phenomena of wave erection in a coaxially arranged fast erecting MARX generator for finding the importance of delayed sequential synchronization of spark gap switches. A wave propagation model of coaxially arranged MARX generator is made. Simulation shows, that generated output voltage and energy delivered to load is not a monotonous function of delay time. Variation of output voltage with delay in triggering of sparkgap is plotted. Similar experimental setup is fabricated and tested with copper sulphate dummy load. Results are compared and discussed in the following sections of the paper.

Keywords

pulse generators; pulsed power supplies; pulsed power switches; sequential circuits; spark gaps; trigger circuits; coaxial fast erecting Marx generator; copper sulphate dummy load; delay time; delayed sequential synchronization; output voltage variation; sequential triggering delay optimisation; spark gap switches; wave erection phenomena; wave propagation model; Capacitors; Construction; Copper; Delays; Generators; Load modeling; Synchronization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pulsed Power Conference (PPC), 2013 19th IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

2158-4915

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PPC.2013.6627698

Filename

6627698