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Savage, Mark Edward; Seidel, David Bruce; Mendel, Clifford Will Jr.
Sandia National Laboratories (United States). Funding organisation: US Department of Energy (United States)2009
Sandia National Laboratories (United States). Funding organisation: US Department of Energy (United States)2009
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[en] Present-day pulsed-power systems operating in the terawatt regime typically use post-hole convolute current adders to operate at sufficiently low impedance. These adders necessarily involve magnetic nulls that connect the positive and negative electrodes. The resultant loss of magnetic insulation results in electron losses in the vicinity of the nulls that can severely limit the efficiency of the delivery of the system's energy to a load. In this report, we describe an alternate transformer-based approach to obtaining low impedance. The transformer consists of coils whose windings are in parallel rather than in series, and does not suffer from the presence of magnetic nulls. By varying the pitch of the coils windings, the current multiplication ratio can be varied, leading to a more versatile driver. The coupling efficiency of the transformer, its behavior in the presence of electron flow, and its mechanical strength are issues that need to be addressed to evaluate the potential of transformer-based current multiplication as a viable alternative to conventional current adder technology.
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1 Sep 2009; 76 p; AC04-94AL85000; Available from http://prod.sandia.gov/sand_doc/2009/096133.pdf; PURL: https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/993876-lWWnpc/; doi 10.2172/993876
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