An Adjustable Magnetic Switch
In this paper, an adjustable magnetic switch (AMS) based on splice winding is investigated numerically and experimentally. The proposed AMS has advantage of high power level, high repetitive rate capability, long lifetime achievability, and electrical parameters tunability, which meets the growing r...
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Published in | IEEE transactions on plasma science Vol. 43; no. 8; pp. 2687 - 2693 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
New York
IEEE
01.08.2015
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) |
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Summary: | In this paper, an adjustable magnetic switch (AMS) based on splice winding is investigated numerically and experimentally. The proposed AMS has advantage of high power level, high repetitive rate capability, long lifetime achievability, and electrical parameters tunability, which meets the growing requirements of the military and industrial application of pulsed power technology. Adjustment of the electrical parameters of magnetic switch is achieved by altering the number of windings via the modification of the joint points between the AMS and the main circuit. Specifically, basic principle of the AMS is analyzed based on characteristics of the magnetic switch. Detailed design considerations are described for achieving modification of the winding's number ranging from 1 to M (positive integer larger than 1), which is limited by the insulation density, easily and reliably. In order to verify the design, two typical electrical parameters of an AMS are numerically calculated and simulated by the circuit simulation software. Accordingly, a test experiment platform was setup in our laboratory and the primary experimental study demonstrates that the AMS can successfully alter the electrical parameters with results similar to the calculation. A typical (1 - cos ωt) pulse with rise times of 4 and 5 μs, a peak voltage of approximately 20 kV, and a peak current of over 1.0 kA was achieved on the capacitor load. The experimental results show reasonable agreement with the theoretical and numerical analyses. |
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ISSN: | 0093-3813 1939-9375 |
DOI: | 10.1109/TPS.2015.2451164 |