Title :
Design and construction of a triggered spark gap for long distance exploding wire experiments
Author :
Sinton, Rowan ; Van Herel, Ryan ; Enright, Wade ; Bodger, Pat
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Canterbury, Canterbury, New Zealand
Abstract :
This paper gives the technical information required to build a triggered spark gap (TSG) for igniting exploding wire experiments. The TSG, which uses a concentric three-electrode configuration, reliably triggers on test voltages between 10 and 60 kVdc from a 21 μF capacitor bank discharge source. A description of the electronic triggering circuit, operating region and a set of experimental results obtained using the TSG are also given.
Keywords :
capacitors; conductors (electric); electrodes; exploding wires; plasma devices; spark gaps; trigger circuits; TSG; capacitance 21 muF; capacitor bank discharge source; concentric three-electrode configuration; electronic triggering circuit; long distance exploding wire experiment; test voltages; triggered spark gap; Capacitors; Conductors; Jitter; Plasmas; Sparks; Switches; Wire; Exploding wire; triggered spark gap;
Conference_Titel :
Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC), 2010 20th Australasian
Conference_Location :
Christchurch
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8379-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8380-8
