Development of a magnetic pulse compression modulator for flue gas treatment

A pulse generator of a one-stage magnetic pulse compression (MPC) modulator, which has an average power of 7.5 kW, was developed. The modulator consists of a constant-current capacitor charger (max. 21.7 kV, 300 Hz), an initial charge capacitor (0.2 /spl mu/F, 40 kV), a thyratron switch, a pulse tra...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on plasma science 2002-10, Vol.30 (5), p.1632-1636
Main Authors: Young-Wook Choi, In-Wha Jeong, Geun-Hie Rim, Pavlov, E.P., Chang-Sik Choi, Hong-Ki Chang, Mee-Hye Woo, Seong-Poong Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Capacitors
Electric potential
Flue gases
Gases
Generators
Magnetic modulators
Magnetic switching
Magnetism
Modulators
Pulse compression
Pulse compression methods
Pulse generation
Pulse generators
Pulse measurements
Pulse modulation
Pulse transformers
Reactors
Switches
Voltage
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Summary:A pulse generator of a one-stage magnetic pulse compression (MPC) modulator, which has an average power of 7.5 kW, was developed. The modulator consists of a constant-current capacitor charger (max. 21.7 kV, 300 Hz), an initial charge capacitor (0.2 /spl mu/F, 40 kV), a thyratron switch, a pulse transformer with a turn ratio of 1 to 8, ceramic capacitors (2.7 nF, 160 kV), and a magnetic switch. The output voltage, current and the pulsewidth of the modulator were measured to be 85.6 kV, 1.88 kA, and 200 ns (full width half maximum) respectively, with the initial charging voltage of 20 kV. This modulator system can be operated at the maximum repetition rate of 300 Hz and the energy delivery efficiency from the initial charge capacitor to the dummy load is estimated as 55%. The pulse generator is applied to a reactor of pin-to-hole type to investigate the impedance matching between the pulse generator and the reactor, and the experimental results are presented.
ISSN:0093-3813
1939-9375
DOI:10.1109/TPS.2002.805372