A battery-powered flux compression generator system
Flux compression generators (FCGs) are primarily used as energy amplifiers. While a FCG can be made small, typically the ''seed'' energy that the FCG amplifies comes from a capacitator bank much larger and heavier than the FCG. If seed energy was supplied by a compact device, FCGs could be used as portable power supplies. One application of interest is to combine a compact seed source with a FCG and transformer. The result would be a self-contained power supply capable of producing a microsecond long, megavolt pulse. The objective of the work described in this paper was to make a seed source capable of energizing a standard Los Alamos plate FCG. The power supply was to be relatively small, light weight, and able to deliver at least 100-kJ to a 280-nH inductive load, e.g., plate FCG. 4 figs., 2 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 6038989
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-89-2097; CONF-890710-5; ON: DE89014230
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 5. international conference on megagauss magnetic field generation and related topics, Novosibirsk, USSR, 3 Jul 1989; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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