Design and Performance of a One-Half MV Rep-Rate Pulser

A rep-rate pulser system is under development for use as an Army user facility This pulser is entering its final stages of testing prior to delivery. This paper presents results which show the pulser's performance demonstrated to date and describes future upgrades now in progress. The pulser sy...

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Main Authors: Ramrus, A, Eckhouse, S, Hamm, R, Jaitly, N C, Richardson, W, Schofield, G, Cavazos, T, Singh, H D, Levy, S
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
ARMY EQUIPMENT
CAPACITORS
Electric Power Production and Distribution
POWER SUPPLIES
PULSE GENERATORS
PULSER
SWITCHING CIRCUITS
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Summary:A rep-rate pulser system is under development for use as an Army user facility This pulser is entering its final stages of testing prior to delivery. This paper presents results which show the pulser's performance demonstrated to date and describes future upgrades now in progress. The pulser system contains a power supply which energizes a resonant charging circuit which charges a PFN to 1 MV. This power supply can provide up to 300 kW in one second bursts to the pulser. The output of the power unit charges the pulser' s 10.5 muF primary capacitor bank to 80 kV in 5 ms. See also ADM002371. 2013 IEEE Pulsed Power Conference, Digest of Technical Papers 1976-2013, and Abstracts of the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science. Held in San Francisco, CA on 16-21 June 2013. U.S. Government or Federal Purpose Rights License