NIF Power Conditioning System Testing at LLNL
Abstract
The National Ignition Facility (NIF) is now under construction at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). The Power Conditioning System (PCS) for NIF, when completed will consist of a 192 nearly identical 2 megajoule capacitor storage banks driving 7680 two meter long flashlamps. A fully integrated single-module test facility was completed in August of 2000 at LLNL. The purpose to the Test Facility is to conduct Reliability and Maintainability (RAM) testing of a true ''First Article'' system (built to the final drawing package as opposed to a prototype). The test facility can be fired once every ten minutes with a total peak output current of 580kA with a pulse width of 400us. To date over 4000 full power shots have been conducted at this facility.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 15005976
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-JC-142111
TRN: US0400193
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Pulse Power Plasma Science PPPS-2001 Conference, Las Vegas, NV (US), 06/17/2001--06/22/2001; Other Information: PBD: 5 Jun 2001
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; CAPACITORS; CONSTRUCTION; LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY; METERS; PLASMA; POWER CONDITIONING CIRCUITS; RELIABILITY; STORAGE; TESTING; US NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY
Citation Formats
Fulkerson, E S, Newton, M, Hulsey, s, Hammon, J, and Moore, W. NIF Power Conditioning System Testing at LLNL. United States: N. p., 2001.
Web. doi:10.1109/PPPS.2001.961197.
Fulkerson, E S, Newton, M, Hulsey, s, Hammon, J, & Moore, W. NIF Power Conditioning System Testing at LLNL. United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/PPPS.2001.961197
Fulkerson, E S, Newton, M, Hulsey, s, Hammon, J, and Moore, W. 2001.
"NIF Power Conditioning System Testing at LLNL". United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/PPPS.2001.961197. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/15005976.
@article{osti_15005976,
title = {NIF Power Conditioning System Testing at LLNL},
author = {Fulkerson, E S and Newton, M and Hulsey, s and Hammon, J and Moore, W},
abstractNote = {The National Ignition Facility (NIF) is now under construction at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). The Power Conditioning System (PCS) for NIF, when completed will consist of a 192 nearly identical 2 megajoule capacitor storage banks driving 7680 two meter long flashlamps. A fully integrated single-module test facility was completed in August of 2000 at LLNL. The purpose to the Test Facility is to conduct Reliability and Maintainability (RAM) testing of a true ''First Article'' system (built to the final drawing package as opposed to a prototype). The test facility can be fired once every ten minutes with a total peak output current of 580kA with a pulse width of 400us. To date over 4000 full power shots have been conducted at this facility.},
doi = {10.1109/PPPS.2001.961197},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/15005976},
journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jun 05 00:00:00 EDT 2001},
month = {Tue Jun 05 00:00:00 EDT 2001}
}