Characteristics Study of Multigaps Gas Switch With Corona Discharge for Voltage Balance

A multigaps gas switch (MGS) with corona discharge for voltage balance is developed. The self-breakdown characteristics of the switch under different gas pressures and the volt-ampere characteristics of corona discharge are studied. The experiment results show that to increase the shot times can imp...

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Published inIEEE transactions on plasma science Vol. 42; no. 2; pp. 340 - 345
Main Authors Liang, Tianxue, Jiang, Xiaofeng, Wang, Zhiguo, Sun, Fengju, Cong, Peitian, Qiu, Aici
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.02.2014
Subjects
Breakdown characteristic
Corona
corona discharge
Coronas
Delay
Delays
Discharges (electric)
Electric potential
Electrodes
gas switch
Jitter
linear transformer driver
multigaps
Needles
Shot
Standard deviation
Switches
Volt-ampere characteristics
Voltage
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Summary:A multigaps gas switch (MGS) with corona discharge for voltage balance is developed. The self-breakdown characteristics of the switch under different gas pressures and the volt-ampere characteristics of corona discharge are studied. The experiment results show that to increase the shot times can improve the self-breakdown voltage stability of the switch. After conditioning the switch self-breakdown voltage relative standard deviation is less than 2%, the voltage balance has a good effect; the volt-ampere characteristics of multigaps corona discharge is similar to single gap. The delay time and jitter of the MGS with corona discharge for voltage balance in different conditions have been tested. The trigger stability is fine when switch charging at ±100 kV.
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ISSN:0093-3813
1939-9375
DOI:10.1109/TPS.2013.2295096