Development of Compact Plasma Radiation Source (CPRS) at IAC for imaging
The needs in Compact Pulsed Power X-Pinch Generators
- N.Ratakhin et al. "Compact pulse power generator for X-pinch researches" 28th ICPIG, July 15-20, 2007, Prague, Czech Republi [1]
"The main requirements imposed on the generator are the current amplitude 150-300 kA and the rate of the current rise 1-2 kA/ns. At the moment, these parameters of the current pulse can be provided only by enough large fixed-site generators weighing from 300 kg to several tons. These shortcomings limit to a great extent the feasibility of this diagnostic technique in studies of extreme states. Therefore, the design of a portable pulse generator which provides the required parameters makes it possible to proceed to a new level of diagnostics of fast processes."
Design's Possibilities
PRS based on transformation of ISIS Induction Cell Driver
File:ISIS Modification for X-pinch 012813.pdf
PRS based on building separate Marx Generator or (Marx Generator + Pulse Forming Line)
PRS based on Linear Transformer Driver (LTD) technologies
The LTD driver is an induction generator similar to the linear induction accelerator (LIA) [1,2], the inductive voltage adder (IVA) [3–6], and the linear pulsed transformer (LPT)
- A. A. Kim ... Development and tests of fast 1-MA linear transformer driver stages Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 12, 050402 (2009)
- M.G.Mazarakis, and R.B.Spielman (Sandia National Laboratory) A COMPACT, HIGH-VOLTAGE E-BEAM PULSER 1999 IEEE
- M. G. Mazarakis, R. B. Spielman, K. W. Struve, F. W. Long (Sandia National Laboratories) ULTRAFAST LTD’S FOR BREMSSTRAHLUNG DIODES AND 2-PINCHES 2002 IEEE
- A. A. Kim, A. N. Bastrikov, S. N. Volkov, V. G. Durakov, B. M. Kovalchuk, V. A. Sinebryukhov (High Current Electronics Institute, Russia) 1 MV ULTRA-FAST LTD GENERATOR 2003 IEEE
- M. G. Mazarakisaa, W. E. Fowler, F. W. Long, D. H. McDaniel, C. L. Olson, S. T. Rogowski, R. A. Sharpe, and K. W. Struve (Sandia National Laboratories), A. A. Kim (High Current Electronic Institute (HCEI), Tomsk, RUSSIA) HIGH CURRENT FAST 100-NS LTD DRIVER DEVELOPMENT IN SANDIA LABORATORY 2005 IEEE
- Michael G. Mazarakis and Kenneth W. Struve Conceptual Design for a Linear-Transformer Driver (LTD)-Based Refurbishment and Upgrade of the Saturn Accelerator Pulse-Power System SANDIA REPORT SAND2006-5811, 2006
- M. G. Mazarakis et. al. LINEAR TRANSFORMER DRIVER (LTD) DEVELOPMENT AT SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORY 2009 IEEE
- J. R. Woodworth1, J. A. Alexander1, F. R. Gruner4, W. A. Stygar1, M. J. Harden2, J. R. Blickem3, G. J. Dension1, F. E. White3, L. M. Lucero3, H. D. Anderson2, L. F. Bennett1, S. F. Glover1, D. Van DeValde5, and M. G. Mazarakis1 Low-inductance gas switches for linear transformer drivers Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 12, 060401 (2009) [2]
- W. A. Stygar1, W. E. Fowler1, K. R. LeChien1, F. W. Long1, M. G. Mazarakis1, G. R. McKee1, J. L. McKenney1, J. L. Porter1, M. E. Savage1, B. S. Stoltzfus1, D. M. Van De Valde2, and J. R. Woodworth1 Shaping the output pulse of a linear-transformer-driver module Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 12, 030402 (2009) [3]
- A. A. Kim1, M. G. Mazarakis2, V. A. Sinebryukhov1, B. M. Kovalchuk1, V. A. Visir1, S. N. Volkov1, F. Bayol3, A. N. Bastrikov1, V. G. Durakov1, S. V. Frolov1, V. M. Alexeenko1, D. H. McDaniel2, W. E. Fowler2, K. LeChien2, C. Olson2, W. A. Stygar2, K. W. Struve2, J. Porter2, and R. M. Gilgenbach4 Development and tests of fast 1-MA linear transformer driver stages Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 12, 050402 (2009) [4]