Accession Number:
ADA636189
Title:
Design and Analysis of a High Power 1 kHz Magnetic Modulator
Descriptive Note:
Conference paper
Corporate Author:
SOUTH CAROLINA UNIV COLUMBIA DEPT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
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Report Date:
1985-06-01
Pagination or Media Count:
5.0
Abstract:
This paper describes a magnetic modulator which was designed for second generation use in the Proton Storage Ring at the Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility. The three stage machine delivered a 25 kV, 100 nanosecond pulse to a 3 ohm load a pulse repetition rates of up to 1 kHz. A principle function of this system was to serve as a test bed for the measurement of energy losses in magnetic switches. The magnetic switch cores were built from materials of two different alloys, and were tested in both as-cast and annealed states. The performance data acquired indicate that annealing of the core material reduces energy loss by up to a factor of five and that, as expected, losses are lower in the higher resistivity materials.
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Subject Categories:
- Electrical and Electronic Equipment