TY - GEN
T1 - The effects of insulation material and methods of fabrication on the performance of compact helical flux compression generators
AU - Anderson, Charlie S.
AU - Neuber, Andreas A.
AU - Young, Andrew J.
AU - Krile, John T.
AU - Elsayed, Mohamed A.
AU - Kristiansen, M.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Helical Flux Compression Generators, HFCGs, are powerful high current sources for pulsed power applications. Due to the single shot nature of HFCGs, electrical output reproducibility is of great importance. One factor known to contribute to unpredictable performance is mechanical inconsistencies introduced during manufacturing of the stator. In an attempt to minimize these deviations during productions, two different winding forms for stator coils, designed to ensure repeatable generator dimensions, turn and coil pitch, were investigated. The differences between the methods were quantified by comparison of measurements made of the physical parameters of the coil (i.e. radius, inductance, etc.), as well as analysis of experiments conducted with the HFCGs fired into a 3 μH load inductor. With any particular fabrication method, the stator insulation material has a distinct impact on generator operation. Quad-built Polyimide coated magnet wire as stator insulation material and Teflon Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene (FEP) as field coil insulation material were investigate to improve HFCG performance. Insulation testing was carried out by firing HFCGs into the inductive load mentioned above. Experimental data and analysis, as well as conclusions on insulation material, will be presented along with a brief discussion of the optimum fabrication method.
AB - Helical Flux Compression Generators, HFCGs, are powerful high current sources for pulsed power applications. Due to the single shot nature of HFCGs, electrical output reproducibility is of great importance. One factor known to contribute to unpredictable performance is mechanical inconsistencies introduced during manufacturing of the stator. In an attempt to minimize these deviations during productions, two different winding forms for stator coils, designed to ensure repeatable generator dimensions, turn and coil pitch, were investigated. The differences between the methods were quantified by comparison of measurements made of the physical parameters of the coil (i.e. radius, inductance, etc.), as well as analysis of experiments conducted with the HFCGs fired into a 3 μH load inductor. With any particular fabrication method, the stator insulation material has a distinct impact on generator operation. Quad-built Polyimide coated magnet wire as stator insulation material and Teflon Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene (FEP) as field coil insulation material were investigate to improve HFCG performance. Insulation testing was carried out by firing HFCGs into the inductive load mentioned above. Experimental data and analysis, as well as conclusions on insulation material, will be presented along with a brief discussion of the optimum fabrication method.
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U2 - 10.1109/PPC.2011.6191476
DO - 10.1109/PPC.2011.6191476
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84861399227
SN - 9781457706295
T3 - Digest of Technical Papers-IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference
SP - 513
EP - 516
BT - IEEE Conference Record - PPC 2011, Pulsed Power Conference 2011
T2 - 18th IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference, PPC 2011
Y2 - 19 June 2011 through 23 June 2011
ER -