Title :
HV hold-off of large surface area stainless steel electrodes with pulsed electron beam treatment
Author :
Proskurovsky, D.I. ; Batrakov, A.V. ; Rotshtein, V.P. ; Karlik, K.V. ; Johnson, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of High Current Electron., Tomsk, Russia
Abstract :
Large area stainless steel electrodes have been treated with a pulsed electron beam for the avoidance of electron emission and plasma induced arcs that limit high voltage hold-off. High-voltage tests have shown that for electrodes of area /spl sim/100 cm/sup 2/ this treatment can provide pulsed (/spl sim/100 ns) breakdown fields over 1 MV/cm. The results obtained suggest that this way of preparation of the surface of the convolute system and other parts of pulsed power systems holds promise.
Keywords :
electrodes; electron beams; pulsed power supplies; stainless steel; vacuum breakdown; breakdown field; electron emission; high-voltage test; plasma induced arc; pulsed electron beam; pulsed power system; stainless steel electrodes; Electric breakdown; Electrodes; Electron beams; Electron emission; Plasmas; Pulse power systems; Steel; Surface treatment; Testing; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Pulsed Power Conference, 2003. Digest of Technical Papers. PPC-2003. 14th IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Dallas, TX, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7915-2
DOI :
10.1109/PPC.2003.1277714
