Megampere Z-Pinches Powered from Magneto-Cumulative Generators Based Power Sources

• Published in: 2007 IEEE 34th International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS) p. 582
• Main Authors: Selemir, V.D., Demidov, V.A., Repin, P.B., Orlov, A.P., Ermolovich, V.F., Boriskin, A.S., Spirov, G.M., Pikulin, I.V., Volkov, A.A., Tatsenko, O.M., Moiseenko, A.N., Markevtsev, I.M., Kazakov, S.A., Shapovalov, E.V., Giterman, B.P., Vlasov, Yu.V., Gaidash, S.V., Barinov, M.A., Repiev, A.G., Danchenko, E.G., Romanov, A.P., Lashmanov, Yu.N., Filippov, A.V., Ezhov, A.K.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01-06-2007
• Subjects: Nuclear power generation; Plasma temperature; Power generation; Pulse generation; Space vector pulse width modulation
• ISBN: 9781424409150; 1424409152
• ISSN: 0730-9244; 2576-7208
• DOI: 10.1109/PPPS.2007.4345888

Summary form only given. The paper presents investigation results on development of soft X-ray radiation sources based on imploding multi-wire Z-pinches, powered from magneto-cumulative generators. Parameters of the source, realized with fast helical magneto-cumulative generator MCG-200, are close to calculation results: an energy of the X-ray radiation is 180 kJ in a pulse with the width at half height of ~20 ns, the pinch plasma temperature is 65 eV, a current amplitude in the liner load is 5.3 MA at a rise time of 400 ns. The research on optimization of the X-ray radiation source parameters with the power source based on the magneto-cumulative generator of 240 mm diameter are being continued. Up to now the current of 14 MA amplitude and rise time of 1.3 mus could be supplied into the liner load . A length of the generated pulse of the X-ray radiation is 60 ns at half height, the pinch plasma temperature is ~60 eV.