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Bucur Novac
Bucur
Novac
Meng Wang
Meng
Wang
Ivor Smith
Ivor
Smith
Peter Senior
Peter
Senior
A 10 GW Tesla-driven Blumlei pulsed power generator
Loughborough University
2016
Blumlein pulse-forming line
High-voltage
Switches
Tesla transformers
Mechanical Engineering not elsewhere classified
2016-03-03 14:52:52
Journal contribution
https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/A_10_GW_Tesla-driven_Blumlei_pulsed_power_generator/9565295
A repetitive 0.6 MV, 10 GW Tesla-driven Blumlein pulsed power generator, with an overall energy efficiency in excess of 90%, has been designed, manufactured and
demonstrated by the Pulsed Power Group at Loughborough University. The paper describes the application of various
numerical techniques used to design a successful generator, such as filamentary modelling and electrostatic and transient circuit analysis. All the major parameters of both the Tesla transformer and the Blumlein pulse forming line were determined, enabling accurate modelling of the overall unit to be performed. The wide bandwidth embedded sensors used to monitor the dynamic
characteristics of the overall system are also presented. Experimental results obtained during this major experimental
program are compared with theoretical predict
ions and the way ahead towards generating faster output voltage impulses is considered.