Results of the Installation of a Prepulse Reduction System on the PIM Blumlein

In the PIM pulsed power machine a 1.5 MV, 100 ns duration pulse is generated by a 10 Ohm water Blumlein A prepulse reduction system based on a gas switch has been designed and built by Titan PSD. This has been fitted and reduced the prepulse to less than 3 kV. Prepulse of this order is necessary to...

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Published in2005 IEEE Pulsed Power Conference pp. 382 - 385
Main Authors Thomas, K.J., Williamson, M.C., Clough, S.G., Jones, A.W.P., Smith, I.D., Bailey, V.L., Corcoran, P.A., Kishi, H.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.06.2005
Subjects
Conductors
Diodes
Impedance
Plasmas
Prototypes
Pulse power systems
Radiography
Switches
Testing
Voltage
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Summary:In the PIM pulsed power machine a 1.5 MV, 100 ns duration pulse is generated by a 10 Ohm water Blumlein A prepulse reduction system based on a gas switch has been designed and built by Titan PSD. This has been fitted and reduced the prepulse to less than 3 kV. Prepulse of this order is necessary to drive the focused e-beam diodes used for flash radiography. Details of the prepulse reduction system, the experimental data obtained and comparison with computer models of the machine will be presented.
ISBN:0780391896
9780780391895
ISSN:2158-4915
2158-4923
DOI:10.1109/PPC.2005.300655