Architecture, implementation, and testing of a multiple-shell gas injection system for high current implosions on the Z accelerator
- Alameda Applied Sciences Corporation, San Leandro, California 94577 (United States)
- Evergreen Hill Sciences, Philomath, Oregon 97370 (United States)
- 812 Temple Street, San Diego, California 92106 (United States)
- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)
- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185 (United States)
Tests are ongoing to conduct {approx}20 MA z-pinch implosions on the Z accelerator at Sandia National Laboratory using Ar, Kr, and D{sub 2} gas puffs as the imploding loads. The relatively high cost of operations on a machine of this scale imposes stringent requirements on the functionality, reliability, and safety of gas puff hardware. Here we describe the development of a prototype gas puff system including the multiple-shell nozzles, electromagnetic drivers for each nozzle's valve, a UV pre-ionizer, and an inductive isolator to isolate the {approx}2.4 MV machine voltage pulse present at the gas load from the necessary electrical and fluid connections made to the puff system from outside the Z vacuum chamber. This paper shows how the assembly couples to the overall Z system and presents data taken to validate the functionality of the overall system.
- OSTI ID:
- 22118646
- Journal Information:
- Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 84, Issue 6; Other Information: (c) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0034-6748
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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