Characterization and analysis of a pulse power system based on Marx generator and Blumlein

A pulse power system (1 MV, 50 kA, and 100 ns) based on Marx generator and Blumlein pulse forming line has been studied for characterization of a general system. Total erected Marx inductance and series resistance are calculated from modular testing of Marx generator and testing of Marx generator with Blumlein. The complete pulse power system has been tested with the termination of a liquid resistor load for finding the Blumlein characteristic impedance. Equivalent electrical circuits during the charging and discharging of the Blumlein are constructed from the characterized parameters of the system. These equivalent circuits can be used in the analysis of prepulse voltage and droop in the flat top of the main pulse in the pulse power systems based on Marx generator and Blumlein.     

A high-voltage stable-pulse generator

A high-voltage pulse generator producing pulses with a stable flat top is described. It is based on a multistage amplitude discriminator with inductance coils. The generator produces pulses with an amplitude of up to ?20 kV, a top width of up to 200 μs, and a pulse repetition rate of up to 50 Hz at a 20-kΩ load. The top width voltage instability does not exceed ±20 V. The generator is used in the power supply system of the INR linac H^? injector-based ion source.     

A nanosecond SOS generator with a peak power of 4 GW

A high-current nanosecond generator with a peak power of up to 4 GW, an output voltage of 0.4–1 MV, a pulse duration of 8–10 ns, and pulse repetition rates of 300 Hz in a continuous mode and up to 1 kHz in the burst mode is described. The average output power at a pulse repetition rate of 1 kHz reaches 30 kW. The generator has an all-solid-state energy-switching system. A semiconductor opening switch on SOS diodes forms output pulses. The electric circuit and design of the generator are described, and the experimental results are presented. A device for eliminating prepulses across the load is proposed. The results of its testing and numerical simulation are presented.     

A compact nanosecond pulse generator

A compact high-current pulse generator with the amplitude of the load current up to 140 kA and rise time below 200 ns is designed. The basic element of the pulse generator design is the HCEIcap 100–0.2 capacitor switch assembly. The capacitance value of the capacitor switch assembly is 200 nF, the charging voltage is 100 kV, the energy storage is 1000 J, and the full inductance value is 20 nH. The sizes of the active part of the capacitor are 80-mm inner diameter ×160-mm outer diameter ×160 mm. A multigap spark-gap is used as a switch. The rise rate of the current through the load (X-pinch, 2 molybdenum wires with a 25-μm diameter) is 1.3 kA/ns, and the soft X-ray pulse duration is 2.0–3.5 ns.     

An Experimental Complex for Studying the Pulse-Periodic Diffuse Discharge Used for the Sterilization of Medical Instruments

An experimental complex for studying the processes that govern the initiation of a diffuse discharge was developed. The complex contains gas discharge chambers with various electrode systems and a high-voltage pulse-periodic generator. A specific feature of this complex's power supply system is that the dc bias-voltage source and the pulse generator can be used simultaneously. The pulse-periodic generator is based on a pulse transformer and a high-voltage shaper of nanosecond pulses with an amplitude of up to 120 kV and a rise time of <10 ns.     

A Megavolt Nanosecond Generator with a Semiconductor Opening Switch

A high-current nanosecond-pulse generator with a pulse power of up to 1.6 GW, an output voltage of 0.5–1 MV, pulse duration of 40–60 ns, and repetition rates of 300 Hz (in a steady-state mode) and up to 850 Hz (in a burst mode) is described. Its average output power is 30 kW at a pulse repetition rate of 500 Hz. The energy-switching system of the generator fully consists of solid-state elements: a thyristor, magnetic switches, and a semiconductor-opening switch based on SOS diodes.     

基于光子波形发生器产生高效超宽带信号的研究

利用一个多功能光子波形发生器生成一组5.5GHz超宽带信号。多功能光子波形发生器由一个单级双驱动马赫曾德尔调制器及一段单模光纤组成,通过调节双驱动马赫曾德尔调制器的输入射频信号及直流偏置,以及单模光纤的色散,可以产生单峰脉冲、双峰脉冲和一个具有高功率谱效率的超宽带信号,产生的超宽带信号完全符合美国联邦通信委员会制定的室内通信辐射限制要求,普通的单峰脉冲和双峰脉冲的光功率谱效率分别可以达到0.1%和0.74%,经过变量特殊设置,可以产生一个高效的超宽带信号,其功率谱效率可以高达24.03%。这种超宽带信号发生器可以用于室内定位、室内通讯等领域。     

A solid-state generator with pulsed excitation of the oscillating circuit

A solid-state high-frequency damping oscillation pulse generator based on a pulsed excitation circuit is designed. The frequency of high-frequency oscillations reaches units of megahertz with a pulse repetition rate in the continuous mode of up to 1 kHz. The frequency of output pulses determines the power consumption from the supply mains that does not exceed 700 W. In this case, the peak power of output pulses reaches hundreds of kilowatts with a generator efficiency of up to 65%, if the optimal resistive load is used. The main area of the generator application is the generation of low-temperature atmospheric-pressure plasma.     

A SOS-Generator for technological applications

A solid-state nanosecond SOS-generator for electrophysical technology applications is described. In the input part of the generator, the energy arrives at the high-voltage magnetic compressor through IGBT modules and a step-up pulse transformer. The input part of the generator is equipped with an unused energy recuperation circuit, and, when the output pulse is formed, the microsecond pumping mode of the semiconductor opening switch (SOS) is realized. As a result, the complete efficiency of the generator operating into a matched load is increased from ∼40 to 60–62%. The other characteristics of the generator are as follows: the peak voltage is up to 60 kV, the current is up to 6 kA, the pulse duration is about 40 ns, the pulse repetition rate in the continuous mode is 1 kHz, and the average output power is up to 9 kW.     

Multiple-circuit pulse generator for high repetition rate rare gas halide lasers

A multiple-circuit high pulse repetition frequency (PRF) pulse generator for the pumping of rare gas halide lasers is reported. With this multiple-circuit design, high PRF can be achieved by the use of existing low PRF thyratron switches and capacitors. A two-circuit pulse generator was constructed, and its performance is described. By means of this pulse generator and a blowdown-type fast transverse-flow system, high PRF laser action in XeF was obtained, typically, 6 mJ/pulse at 1 kHz or 6 W average power. High PRF laser action in N(2) was also observed.     

A high-power nanosecond pulse generator based on solid-state switches

A high-power nanosecond pulse generator based on a Lewis transformer and ultrafast IGBT-transistors is described. The generator ensures the formation of square pulses at a 50-Ω matched load with a repetition rate of up to 2 kHz. The pulse duration may be freely varied from 20 to 200 ns, and the pulse power may vary from 200 W to 2 MW.     

永磁直驱风电系统建模及其机电暂态模型参数辨识

针对基于双脉宽调制(PWM)变换器的永磁直驱风电系统的运行特性,分析了风力机特性、电机侧变换器和电网侧变换器的控制策略,利用Matlab/Simulink建立了反映电力电子开关动作的永磁直驱风电系统详细模型,并在此基础上根据同步电机3阶暂态模型,建立了直驱风机的机电暂态数学模型,采用粒子群算法(PSO)对模型进行了参数辨识。仿真结果表明,该详细模型能够描述永磁直驱风电系统对不同风速的响应,实现风能的最大功率跟踪;机电暂态数学模型与详细模型特性接近,能够从总体上反映永磁直驱风电系统对端电压变化的有功、无功响应,PSO参数辨识有效。研究结果表明,所建立的详细模型能够用于控制方式的研究以改善输出特性,机电暂态模型能够用于研究电网与永磁直驱风电系统的相互影响。     

A High-Power Semiconductor Generator for an Atomic Injector

An atomic injector with a beam power of 1 MW for heating plasma in the TCV tokamak (Lausanne, Switzerland) by a beam of neutral atoms was developed and put into operation in 2015–2016 at the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS (Novosibirsk). Plasma in the injector is formed in a plasma emitter by a high-frequency magnetic field, which is created by a high-power semiconductor generator with an output power of 40 kW at a frequency of 4 MHz. The facility operates in the pulse mode with a pulse duration of 2 s and a pause of 5 min. The generator is manufactured in the form of a modular system consisting of 16 identical generator modules, whose high-frequency power is summed, control modules, and a power-supply source. The generator allows modulation of the output power in the range of 30–100% by changing the power-supply voltage. The general structure of the generator and its elements and the results of its commissioning are presented.     

Development of a plasma generator for a long pulse ion source for neutral beam injectors

A plasma generator for a long pulse H(+)/D(+) ion source has been developed. The plasma generator was designed to produce 65 A H(+)/D(+) beams at an energy of 120 keV from an ion extraction area of 12 cm in width and 45 cm in length. Configuration of the plasma generator is a multi-cusp bucket type with SmCo permanent magnets. Dimension of a plasma chamber is 25 cm in width, 59 cm in length, and 32.5 cm in depth. The plasma generator was designed and fabricated at Japan Atomic Energy Agency. Source plasma generation and beam extraction tests for hydrogen coupling with an accelerator of the KSTAR ion source have been performed at the KSTAR neutral beam test stand under the agreement of Japan-Korea collaborative experiment. Spatial uniformity of the source plasma at the extraction region was measured using Langmuir probes and ±7% of the deviation from an averaged ion saturation current density was obtained. A long pulse test of the plasma generation up to 200 s with an arc discharge power of 70 kW has been successfully demonstrated. The arc discharge power satisfies the requirement of the beam production for the KSTAR NBI. A 70 keV, 41 A, 5 s hydrogen ion beam has been extracted with a high arc efficiency of 0.9 -1.1 A/kW at a beam extraction experiment. A deuteron yield of 77% was measured even at a low beam current density of 73 mA/cm(2).     

High voltage pulse shaping of e-beam diode using perveance variation

This paper presents a new high voltage pulse shaping methodology for pulsed power applications. The aim is to generate high voltage square pulse across anode cathode gap of e-beam diodes. The non-linear time varying perveance characteristics of e-beam diodes are used for shaping of output voltage pulse across it, generated directly from Marx generator. Analytically, it has been shown in the paper that under certain conditions, if achieved, Marx generator feeding an e-beam diode can produce a square-like pulse at the output, without any extra pulse shaping arrangements. Experimental results to support the analysis are also presented in the paper.     

A compact semiconductor opening swith-based generator with a 300-kV output voltage and up to 2-kHz pulse repetition rate

A compact generator with a semiconductor opening switch (SOS-diode) shaping across resistive load pulses with an amplitude of up to 300 kV, duration of 30–50 ns, and a 300-Hz pulse repetition under uninterrupted operation and up to 2 kHz in a 30-s burst mode is described. The generator contains a thyristor charging device, magnetic compressor, and inductive storage with a semiconductor opening swith based on SOS-diodes. The average output power at a maximum pulse repetition rate and a 250kV-voltage is 16 kW. The overall dimensions of the generator are 0.85×0.65×0.42 m, the weight is about 115 kg.     

A generator of electrical discharges in water

A semiconductor high-voltage pulse generator for the electric-discharge water purification is described. It is based on a low-voltage capacitor storage, step-up pulse transformer, and high-voltage output circuit with a recuperation section returning inefficiently used energy to the power source of the capacitor storage.     

A magnetic-thyristor pulse generator for electric-discharge technologies

A generator is described that is intended for operation in the area of electric-discharge technologies. Depending on the electrical strength of the load, the generator produces voltages of up to 50 kV, the dissipated energy of the pulse is up to 200 J, and the pulse repetition rate is up to 100 Hz. The generator is based on the direct discharge of capacitors to a discharge gap through a coaxial cable with a length of up to 200 m and without additional switching components. The circuit stabilizing the pulse energy due to recuperation of the unused energy in the filter capacitor of the power supply is used to stabilize the energy dissipated by the load.     

A high-current nanosecond electron accelerator with a semiconductor opening switch

A compact nanosecond electron accelerator with an output energy of up to 4000 keV, a pulsed power of 100–180 MW, a beam current of 0.25–1.1 kA, and a pulse energy of 5–7 J is described. The accelerator operates with a pulse repetition rate of 200 Hz and ensures an average beam power of up to 1 kW. A nanosecond generator with a solid-state switching system, which is based on magnetic stages of pulse compression and a semiconductor opening switch, is used as a supplying device. The design and electric circuit of the accelerator are described, and test results are presented.     

A Marx generator with a doubled output voltage

A generator of high-voltage pulses with doubling of the output voltage built according to the Marx scheme on the basis of ten stages connected in series is described. IGBT transistors are used as switches in the circuit. A specific feature of the generator circuit design is the substitution of charging diodes for charging resistors and connection of the supplying voltage through an inductor. This made it possible to double the amplitude of pulses across a load, which is proportional to the number of connected stages, and minimize the power loss during charging of storage capacitors. In an experiment performed at a supply voltage of 500 V, a pulse voltage of 7.4 kV was obtained across a load of 400 Ω.