Initial results from the unipolar operation of the RHEPP module

Conference · Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:10160372

Harjes, H C; Penn, K J; Reed, K W; McClenahan, C R; Laderach, G E; Wavrik, R W; Adcock, J L; Butler, M E; Mann, G A; Pena, G E; Weber, G J; VanDeValde, D; Martinez, L E; Muirhead, D; Kiekel, P D; Johnson, D L; Neau, E L

Several potential applications such as medical waste treatment, chemical waste treatment, food treatment, and flue gas cleanup have been identified for high average power electron beam systems. The technology for such a system is being developed in the RHEPP (Repetitive High Energy Pulsed Power) project. The RHEPP module consists of a multistage magnetic pulse compressor driving a linear induction voltage adder with an e-beam diode load. It has been designed to operate continuously, delivering 350 kW of average power to the diode in 60-ns FWHM, 2.5-MV, 2.9-kJ pulses. The module is presently under construction with the first phase scheduled for completion in the summer of 1992. In the first phase, four of ten adder stages are being built so that testing can begin with a I-MV, 160-kW diode with the balance of the power from the compressor diverted to a resistive load. A description of the system and test results from the initial stages of the compressor will be presented.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 10160372
• Report Number(s): SAND--92-0373C; CONF-920671--2; ON: DE92017054
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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