Preliminary results of a battery-based, multi megawatt 200 kA pulsed power supply.
conference paper
A pulsed power supply consisting of a fast discharge battery, a switch based on silicon-controlled-rectifier SCR technology, and an energy storage/pulse transformer is discussed. Preliminary results indicate that the battery is capable of discharging current pulses with reproducible peak values of 6.21 kA in a 14.4-mΩ dump resistance. In one pulse, 285 coulombs are transferred to the load whose electric energy equals 22.6 kJ. Using one bipolar battery, pulses of 151 kA with a decay time of 3.5 ms (E = 21.4 kJ) can be generated in a load resistance of 0.5 mΩ.
Topics
TNO Identifier
230879
ISSN
0018-9464
Source title
4th Symposium on Electromagnetic Launch Technology 1988, 12-14 April 1988, Austin, TX, USA
Pages
284-289
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