Published June 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Snubber for EAST neutral beam injector

  • 1. Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, Jiaying College, Meizhou (China)
  • 2. Department of Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai (China)
  • 3. Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei (China)

Description

According to the B-H curve and structure dimensions of the Snubber, induction voltage and eddy current of any core lamination with the thickness of saturated regions are derived by referring to Fink's method, when accelerator breakdown occurs at the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST). Using Ampere's law, in each core tape, the eddy current and the thickness of saturated regions are deduced. And then, the equivalent resistance of the Snubber is obtained. The transient eddy current due to stray capacitance is analyzed, and the exponential time constant and the arc current are obtained. Then the maximum width of the lamination and the minimum thickness of the core tape are 28 mm and 114 μm, respectively. The obtained experimental time constant is approximately the same as the calculated one, which proves the accuracy and efficiency of the analysis method. (authors)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
High Power Laser and Particle Beams
Journal Volume
22
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 1373-1377
ISSN
1001-4322

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Notes
5 figs., 2 tabs., 9 refs.