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Performance of the LAGUNA pulsed power system [electronic resource].

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Los Alamos, N.M. : Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1987.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
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Pages: 9 : digital, PDF file
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Los Alamos National Laboratory and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary
The goal of the LAGUNA experimental series of the Los Alamos National Laboratory TRAILMASTER program is to accelerate an annular aluminum plasma z-pinch to greater than one hundred kilojoules of implosion kinetic energy. To accomplish this, an electrical pulse >5.5 MA must be delivered to a 20 nH load in approx.1 ..mu..s. The pulsed power system for these experiments consists of a capacitor bank for initial energy storage, a helical explosive-driven magnetic-flux compression generator for the prime power supply and opening and closing switches for power conditioning. While we have not yet achieved our design goal of 15 MA delivered to the inductive store of the system, all major components have functioned successfully at the 10 MA level. Significant successes and some difficulties experienced in these experiments are described.
Report Numbers
E 1.99:la-ur-87-2124
E 1.99: conf-870656-33
conf-870656-33
la-ur-87-2124
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Published through SciTech Connect.
01/01/1987.
"la-ur-87-2124"
" conf-870656-33"
"DE87011747"
6. Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers pulsed power conference, Arlington, VA, USA, 29 Jun 1987.
Oona, H.; Greene, A.E.; Kruse, H.W.; Lindemuth, I.R.; Fowler, C.M.; Reinovsky, R.E.; Goforth, J.H.; Caird, R.S.
Funding Information
W-7405-ENG-36
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