Design and Testing of a Load Current Multiplier on Zebra Facility

A. S. Chuvatin; V. L. Kantsyrev; L. I. Rudakov; 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

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Design and Testing of a Load Current Multiplier on Zebra Facility

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Design and Testing of a Load Current Multiplier on Zebra Facility

A. S. Chuvatin, V. L. Kantsyrev, L. I. Rudakov, M. E. Cuneo, A. L. Astanovitskiy, R. Presura, A. S. Safronova, A. A. Esaulov, W. Cline, K. M. Williamson, …

DENSE Z-PINCHES, Vol.1088(1), pp.253-258

AIP Conference Proceedings

01/01/2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3079741

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Physical Sciences

Physics

Physics, Fluids & Plasmas

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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.

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Title: Design and Testing of a Load Current Multiplier on Zebra Facility
Creators - without role: A. S. Chuvatin - Ecole Polytech, Lab Phys & Technol Plasmas, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
V. L. Kantsyrev - University of Nevada Reno
L. I. Rudakov
M. E. Cuneo - University of Nevada Reno
A. L. Astanovitskiy - University of Nevada Reno
R. Presura - University of Nevada Reno
A. S. Safronova - University of Nevada Reno
A. A. Esaulov - University of Nevada Reno
W. Cline - University of Nevada Reno
K. M. Williamson - University of Nevada Reno
I. Shrestha - University of Nevada Reno
M. F. Yilmaz - University of Nevada Reno
G. C. Osborne - University of Nevada Reno
M. Weller - University of Nevada Reno
T. Jarrett - University of Nevada Reno
B. LeGalloudec - University of Nevada Reno
V. Nalajala - University of Nevada Reno
T. D. Pointon - Sandia Natl Labs, Albuquerque, NM 87185 USA
K. A. Mikkelson - Sandia Natl Labs, Albuquerque, NM 87185 USA
Contributors - without role: D A Hammer
B R Kusse
Publication Details: DENSE Z-PINCHES, Vol.1088(1), pp.253-258
Series: AIP Conference Proceedings
Publisher: Amer Inst Physics
Number of pages: 2
Grant note: DE-FC52-06NA27586; DE-FC52- 06NA27588 / DOE under NNSA; National Nuclear Security Administration DE-ACO4-94AL85000 / United States Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration; National Nuclear Security Administration DOE/SNL 681371; 686929; 530307 / Sandia National Laboratories; United States Department of Energy (DOE) CNRS, France; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) DOE/DGA-SNL/CEG; United States Department of Energy (DOE)
Identifiers: 9915068108331
Academic Unit: Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
Language: English
Resource Type: Conference proceeding