• DocumentCode
    926688
  • Title

    Preliminary results of a battery-based, multi megawatt 200 kA pulsed power supply

  • Author

    Karthaus, W. ; Kolkert, W.J. ; Nowee, J.

  • Author_Institution
    TNO PML-Pulse Phys., Delft, Netherlands
  • Volume
    25
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    1/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    284
  • Lastpage
    289
  • Abstract
    A pulsed power supply consisting of a fast discharge battery, a switch based on silicon-controlled-rectifier (SCR) technology, and an energy storage/pulse transformer is discussed. Preliminary results indicate that the battery is capable of discharging current pulses with reproducible peak values of 6.21 kA in a 14.4 mΩ dump resistance. In one pulse, 285 coulombs are transferred to the load whose electric energy equals 22.6 kJ. Using one bipolar battery, pulses of 151 kA with a decay time of 3.5 ms (E=21.4 kJ) can be generated in a load resistance of 0.5 mΩ
  • Keywords
    power supplies to apparatus; pulsed power technology; secondary cells; thyristor applications; 200 kA; 22.6 kJ; SCR; energy storage; fast discharge battery; pulse transformer; pulsed power supply; silicon-controlled-rectifier; Batteries; Capacitors; Coils; Energy storage; Magnetic switching; Pulse generation; Pulse transformers; Pulsed power supplies; Switches; Thyristors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/20.22551
  • Filename
    22551