Engineering description of the LASL ZT-40 Toroidal Z-Pinch

Conference · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:5260064

Hammer, C F; Dike, R S; Nunnally, W C

The ZT-40 Toroidal Z-Pinch experiment is the largest and newest Z-Pinch to be built at Los Alamos. The experiment consists of a discharge tube with a minor diameter of 40 cm and an aspect ratio of 5.7 to 1. The theta and Z-fields are produced by two capacitor banks, each with 650 KJ (at 50 kV) of stored energy. The experiment is controlled by a ''Prime 400'' computer which is dedicated for ZT-40 use. The experiment is to be constructed in two phases. First with a passive crowbar system and then later a power crowbar system will be added so that the load current can be extended about 250 ..mu..sec.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos Scientific Lab., N.Mex. (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 5260064
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-77-2441; CONF-771029-22
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ENGINEERING
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PINCH DEVICES
PINCH EFFECT
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