Procyon High Explosive Pulsed Power Experiments - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Procyon High Explosive Pulsed Power Experiments write by . This book was released on 1996. Procyon High Explosive Pulsed Power Experiments available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Procyon is a two-stage explosive pulsed-power system, consisting of a MK-IX helical generator and an explosively formed fuse (EFF) opening switch. A complete assembly including load and diagnostics is shown. The system was originally developed for the purpose of powering plasma z-pinch experiments and, in its original concept, was coupled to the plasma z-pinch load through a third pulsed power stage, a plasma flow switch (PFS). The authors have performed plasma z-pinch experiments both with and without a PFS, and they have now conducted the first heavy liner experiment. In this paper, they will summarize the results obtained to date with the system, and briefly discuss future applications.
Procyon
Procyon - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Procyon write by . This book was released on 1995. Procyon available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Procyon high explosive pulsed power (HEPP) system was designed to drive plasma z-pinch experiments that produce Megajoule soft x-ray pulses when the plasma stagnates on axis. In the proceedings of the Ninth IEEE Pulsed Power Conference, we published results from system development tests. At this time, we have fielded seven tests in which the focus was on either vacuum switching or load physics. Four of the tests concentrated on the performance of a Plasma Flow Switch (PFS) which employed a 1/r mass distribution in the PFS barrel. Of the four tests, two had dummy loads and one had an implosion load. In addition, one of the tests broke down near the vacuum dielectric interface, and the result demonstrated what Procyon could deliver to an 18 nH load. We will summarize PFS results and the 18 nH test which is pertinent to upcoming solid/liquid liner experiments. On our other three tests, we eliminated the PFS switching and powered the z-pinch directly with the HEPP system. From the best of these direct drive tests we obtained 1.5 MJ of radiation in a 250 ns pulse, our best radiation pulse to date. We will also summarize direct drive test results. More details are given in other papers in this conference for both the PFS and direct drive experiments, and an updated analysis of our opening switch performed is also included. The remainder of this paper describes the parameters and capabilities of our system, and we will use the data from several experiments to provide more precise information than previously available.
Optically Powered Firing System for the Procyon High Explosive Pulse Power System
Optically Powered Firing System for the Procyon High Explosive Pulse Power System - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Optically Powered Firing System for the Procyon High Explosive Pulse Power System write by . This book was released on 1995. Optically Powered Firing System for the Procyon High Explosive Pulse Power System available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An optically powered fireset has been developed for the Procyon high explosive pulsed-power generator at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The fireset was located inside this flux compression experiment where large magnetic fields are generated. No energy sources were allowed inside the experiment and no wire connections can penetrate through the wall, of the experiment because of the high magnetic fields. The flux compression was achieved with high explosives in the experiment. The fireset was used to remotely charge a 1.2?f capacitor to 6,500V and to provide a readout of the voltage on the capacitor at the control room. The capacitor was charged by using two 7W fiber coupled GaAlAs laser diodes to illuminate two fiber coupled 12V solar cells. The solar cell outputs were connected in parallel to the input of a DC-DC converter which step up a 12V to 6,500V. A voltmeter, powered by illuminating a third 12V solar cell with 1W laser diode, was used to monitor the charge on the capacitor. The voltage was measured with a divider circuit, then converted to frequency in a V-F converter and transmitted to the control room over a fiber optic link. A fiducial circuit measured the capacitor firing current and provided an optical output timing pulse.
Los Alamos Science
Los Alamos Science - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Los Alamos Science write by . This book was released on 1992. Los Alamos Science available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports
Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports write by . This book was released on 1994. Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
