A Marx Generator for Exploding Wire Experiments
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University of Canterbury. Electrical and Computer Engineering
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2011
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Sinton, R.
van Herel, R.
Enright, W.
Bodger, P.
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A two-stage Marx generator was designed, constructed and tested for the purpose of investigating long distance exploding wire experiments. The voltage and energy requirements for the experiments are unique; up to 180 kV and 40 kJ is required. Capacitor banks, earthing switches, spark gaps and resistors were purpose-built. Using the completed setup, conductive plasma paths up to 36 m long have been investigated.
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Sinton, R., van Herel, R., Enright, W., Bodger, P. (2011) A Marx Generator for Exploding Wire Experiments. Wuhan, China: 2011 Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC), 25-28 Mar 2011.
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Fields of Research::51 - Physical sciences::5106 - Nuclear and plasma physics::510602 - Plasma physics; fusion plasmas; electrical discharges