Switch Development At UT-CEM

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dc.creatorPeterson, D.R.en
dc.creatorZowarka, R.C.en
dc.creatorRech, B.M.en
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-04T16:05:09Zen
dc.date.available2015-09-04T16:05:09Zen
dc.date.issued1985-06en
dc.description.abstractTwo reusable (with replacement of a few expendable components), fast (tens of microseconds), megampere switches operated with commercially available explosive charges suitable for indoor laboratories are described. One is a low-inductance, triggerable opening switch and the other, a metal-to-metal self-assisted closing switch. The opening switch is the second stage of a two-stage switch for storage inductor commutation. The first stage is a heavy-duty mechanical switch. The explosive switch itself has a number of stages in series which can be fired simultaneously, for high voltage, or sequentially for millisecond pulses into loads of time-increasing impedance (electric guns). The closing switch is actuated by projection of a metal ring into the tapered gap between coaxial electrodes. The switch is simple, self-contained, readily scaled to larger sizes, and fast enough for crowbarring electric guns. Large ring mass (>100 g) enables heavy-duty uses such as crowbarring homopolar generators.en
dc.description.departmentCenter for Electromechanicsen
dc.identifierPR_33en
dc.identifier.citationD.R. Peterson, R.C. Zowarka, and B.M. Rech, “Switch development at CEM-UT,” IEEE Pulsed Power Conference, Arlington, Virginia, U.S.A., June 10-12, 1985.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/30646en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherIEEEen
dc.relation.ispartofCEM Publicationsen
dc.rights.restrictionopenen
dc.subjectRotating Machine EM Launchen
dc.subjectswitchen
dc.titleSwitch Development At UT-CEMen
dc.typeconference paperen

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