| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/L97056/01 |
| Title: |
NOVEL FLUX COMPRESSION/DYNAMIC TRANSFORMER TECHNIQUES FOR HIGH-VOLTAGE PULSE GENERATION |
| Principal Investigator: |
Smith, Professor IR |
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| Department: |
Electronic, Electrical & Systems Enginee |
| Organisation: |
Loughborough University |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 October 1998 |
Ends: |
30 September 1999 |
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69,499
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This proposal is concerned with research into a novel type of cylindrical implosive flux compression technique, and will investigate the possibility of using this together with a special type of transformer, to generate high-voltage pulses in labaoratory based experiments.The new technique adopts a number of features from a method based on magnetic flux compression as performed by a cylindrically converfing cshock wave causing an insulator-mwetallic transition in a special material. However, replacing the explosive by an electrodynamically exploding foil system, ensures that the resulting device is suitable for use in a conventional pulsed power laboratory.The output of the compression system will be coupled to the load through a magnetic self-insualting high-voltage dynamic transformer. A static version of this will be tested in preliminary experiments driven by a special capacitor bank.The final phase of the resrach will be devoted to the prototype high voltage dynamic generator, the basic design for which is readily scalable to provide MV output voltages.An alternative device can also be envisaged, that will enable the current discharge form a modest size capacitor back to be raised to the MA lavel.
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http://www.lboro.ac.uk |