An Improved SF6 System for the FXR Induction Linac Blumlein Switches

Conference · Sat Jun 16 00:00:00 EDT 2007

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/PAC.2007.4441250· OSTI ID:909917

DeHope, W; Kihara, R; Griffin, K L; Ong, M; Ross, T

The now-mature FXR (Flash X-Ray) radiographic facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will be briefly described with emphasis on its pulsed power system. The heart of each accelerating cell's pulse forming Blumlein is it's sulfur hexafluoride-based triggered closing switch. FXR's recent upgrade to a recirculating SF{sub 6} gas reclamation system will be described and the resulting accelerator performance and reliability improvements documented. This was accompanied by a detailed switch breakdown study on FXR's Test Stand and the recent analysis of the resulting statistics will be shown.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 909917
• Report Number(s): UCRL-PROC-231934; TRN: US0704009
• Resource Relation: Conference: Presented at: Particle Accelerator Conference, Albuquerque, NM, United States, Jun 25 - Jun 29, 2007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
42 ENGINEERING
BREAKDOWN
INDUCTION
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY
LINEAR ACCELERATORS
PERFORMANCE
POWER SYSTEMS
RELIABILITY
STATISTICS
SULFUR
SWITCHES
X-RAY RADIOGRAPHY