Design and testing of a load current multiplier on zebra facility

A. S. Chuvatin; V. L. Kantsyrev; L. I. Rudakovc; M. E. Cuneo; A. L. Astanovitskiy; R. Presura; A. S. Safronova; A. A. Esaulov; W. Cline; K. M. Williamson; I. Shrestha; M. F. Yilmaz; G. C. Osborne; M. Weller; T. Jarrett; B. LeGalloudec; V. Nalajala; T. D. Pointon; K. A. Mikkelson

doi:10.1063/1.3079741

Design and testing of a load current multiplier on zebra facility

A. S. Chuvatin
, V. L. Kantsyrev
, L. I. Rudakovc
, M. E. Cuneo
, A. L. Astanovitskiy
, R. Presura
, A. S. Safronova
, A. A. Esaulov
, W. Cline
, K. M. Williamson
, I. Shrestha
, M. F. Yilmaz
, G. C. Osborne
, M. Weller
, T. Jarrett
, B. LeGalloudec
, V. Nalajala
, T. D. Pointon
, K. A. Mikkelson

University of Nevada, Reno
Icarus Research, Inc.
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico

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Abstract

The Load Current Multiplier concept (LCM) was validated for the first time on a high-voltage nanosecond pulse-power generator. The designed new device allowed to increase the load current from the nominal 0.8-0.9 MA up to 1.6 MA in static loads with constant inductance and up to 1.4 MA in a planar wire-array plasma loads. These results were achieved without modifying the generator energetic or architecture. LCM allowed both the load magnetic energy increase and the increase of soft X-ray radiation from z-pinch plasmas.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	253-258
Number of pages	6
Journal	AIP Conference Proceedings
Volume	1088
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3079741
Publication status	Published - 13 Apr 2009
Event	7th International Conference on Dense Z-Pinches - Alexandria, VA, United States Duration: 12 Aug 2008 → 21 Aug 2008

Keywords

High energy density physics
Pulse power
Z-pinches

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Chuvatin, A. S., Kantsyrev, V. L., Rudakovc, L. I., Cuneo, M. E., Astanovitskiy, A. L., Presura, R., Safronova, A. S., Esaulov, A. A., Cline, W., Williamson, K. M., Shrestha, I., Yilmaz, M. F., Osborne, G. C., Weller, M., Jarrett, T., LeGalloudec, B., Nalajala, V., Pointon, T. D., & Mikkelson, K. A. (2009). Design and testing of a load current multiplier on zebra facility. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1088, 253-258. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3079741

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