PBFA I: pulsed power driver for inertial confinement fusion

Conference · Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:6221206

VanDevender, J P; Barr, G W; Crow, J T

The PBFA I accelerator has been tested and is operational at its full power rating of 30 TW. The PBFA I experiments demonstrated that the multimodular approach to superpower generators is viable. The modular outputs can be combined in parallel or series-parallel combinations of the magnetically insulated transmission lines to power single, ion-beam diodes or imploding plasma sources. The coupling efficiency between the magnetically insulated transmission lines for time varying loads is less efficient than it is for ordinary transmission lines.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA); Pulse Sciences, Inc., Alameda, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 6221206
• Report Number(s): SAND-81-0785C; CONF-810620-15; ON: DE81028647
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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