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Electrical pulsed power generators of the 1 TW class

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

N. Camarcat ,
J. Delvaux ,
B. Etlicher ,
D. Mosher ,
G. Raboisson  and
A. Perronnet
N. Camarcat
Affiliation:
Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, Centre d'Etudes de Valduc, B.P. 14 21120 Is sur Tille, France.
J. Delvaux
Affiliation:
Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, Centre d'Etudes de Valduc, B.P. 14 21120 Is sur Tille, France.
B. Etlicher
Affiliation:
Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, Centre d'Etudes de Valduc, B.P. 14 21120 Is sur Tille, France.
D. Mosher
Affiliation:
Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, Centre d'Etudes de Valduc, B.P. 14 21120 Is sur Tille, France.
G. Raboisson
Affiliation:
Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, Centre d'Etudes de Valduc, B.P. 14 21120 Is sur Tille, France.
A. Perronnet
Affiliation:
Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, Centre d'Etudes de Valduc, B.P. 14 21120 Is sur Tille, France.
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Abstract

This paper reviews current trends in the technological design of electrical pulsed power generators of the 1 TW class. Using published data, design criteria for SIDONIX II, OWL II, KALIF and GAMBLE IIA are compared using a lumped circuit parameter. More precise predictions of machine performance are made with the GOST transmission line code. Code results show agreement to within 15% of the published experimental parameters. Electric stress limitations to power output are assessed for 1 TW level machines using empirical formulae and a finite element solution of Laplace's equation. The analysis is then used to study economic means of increasing output power so as to provide a multimodule approach to inertial confinement fusion at the 100 TW level.

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Research Article
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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , November 1985 , pp. 415 - 455
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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