INVESTIGATION OF PLASMA ACCELERATION. Quarterly Progress Report No. 1 for June 30, 1958-September 30, 1958

Technical Report · Sun Oct 30 23:00:00 EST 1960

OSTI ID:4156467

Rogers, K C; Finkelstein, D; Brucker, G; Ferrari, L; Mansfield, I

S>The design of a 100,000 joule low inductance capacitor bank is given in detail. The system of capacitors, transmission lines, switches, and load is analyzed, and the results for the complete bank are presented. The bank utilizes a special 1 mf 50 kv low inductance capacitor and vacuum-gap low inductance switches. The switches are capable of switching 100,000 a currents and of standing off 50 kv voltages. Ringing frequency measurements were made on a section of the bank. The measurements agree well with the results of the circuit analysis. The short circuit electrical parameters of the 100,000 joule bank are given. Mcdifications necessary to increase the energy storage to 1,000,000 joules are outlined and a design for a

• Research Organization: Stevens Inst. of Tech., Hoboken, N.J.
• NSA Number: NSA-14-022479
• OSTI ID: 4156467
• Report Number(s): TID-6359
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ACCELERATION
CAPACITORS
CIRCUITS
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ELECTRIC POTENTIAL
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MEASURED VALUES
PHYSICS
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PLASMA
STORAGE
SWITCHES
TRANSDUCERS