- Lecturer
- Yasuoka Koichi Takeuchi Nozomi
- Place
- Fri1-2(S323)
- Credits
- Lecture1 Exercise1 Experiment0
- Code
- 54010
- Syllabus updated
- 2015/9/30
- Lecture notes updated
- 2015/9/16
- Semester
- Fall Semester
Outline of lecture
This lecture provides the generation, diagnostics, and applications of high power electrical pulses. A wide range of pulsed power technology will be discussed, including fundamental as well as advanced concept. Topics covered are high-voltage generators, energy storage devices and circuits, high power switches, pulse forming networks, pulse forming lines, magnetic pulse compression circuits, and the electrical and optical diagnostics of pulsed power systems. Applications of pulsed power technology for lasers, non-thermal plasmas, and environmental and medical applications will be discussed.
Students are required to do numerical simulations to understand a behavior of pulsed power circuits and breakdown phenomena, and to complete a report for a given project.
Purpose of lecture
Upon completion of this lecture students should be able to design pulsed power circuits including switches, pulse forming networks/lines with discharge loads, using LTSpice circuit simulator and Scilab/Matlab software to solve various pulsed power circuits. They should also be able to measure pulsed large currents and high-voltages with appropriate methods of grounding and shielding, and understand the applications of pulsed power technology.
Plan of lecture
01.Basic concept of pulsed power systems, fundamental knowledge of electromagnetic theory, simulation tool (LTSpice), and project guidance
02.Capacitive energy storage and LCR circuit
03.Inductive energy storage and opening switch
04.Charge transfer circuit: CLC and high voltage capacitors
05.Circuit components for pulsed power circuit
06.High voltage DC generator, pulsed generator: Marx circuit
07.High voltage and fast switches and their modeling
08.Oral presentation of simulation results -1
09.Gas, liquid and solid breakdown
10.Rate equation, simulation tool (Matlab), Gas discharge characteristics and modeling
11.Pulse forming network
12.Pulse forming line
13.Magnetic pulse compression circuit
14.Pulsed high voltage and pulsed high current diagnostics, grounding and shielding techniques
15.Oral presentation of simulation results -2
Textbook and reference
Pulsed Power Systems, Bluhm, Hansjoachim, Springer-Verlag GmbH,
Transient electronics -Pulsed Circuit Technology, Paul W. Smith, Wiley
Related and/or prerequisite courses
Students should have an experience of high-voltage experiments and knowledge of basic electromagnetic theory and transient circuit analysis.
Evaluation
Written reports 80%, midterm and final oral presentations 20%.
