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Study on the saturation phenomena of discharge channel number of a gas spark switch gap under nanosecond trigger pulses

  • J. Chang
  • , H. Wang
  • , Q. Zhang
  • , A. Qiu
  • Xi'an Jiaotong University

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Abstract

Experimental work was carried out to study the variation of nanosecond trigger pulse amplitude on discharge channel numbers in a self-designed coaxial field distortion gas spark switch gap in N 2, SF 6-N 2 or SF 6-Ar gas mixtures. The results show that channel numbers in a unit of length of the edge of trigger electrode make a great difference among three kinds of gases (i.e. N2, SF 6-N 2 mixtures, and SF 6-Ar mixtures). In each kind of gases under a certain pressure, the difference of channel numbers in a unit of length among different mixture ratios is smaller compared with that among different kinds of gases. In view of this, one fitting curve was got based on data of channel numbers in a unit of length varying with overvoltage multiple for each kind of gases under a certain pressure despite of the difference among mixture ratios. It can be seen from these fitting curves that the channel number in a unit of length does not increase evidently and tends to saturation when applied overvoltage multiple across the switch gap exceeds 3 for N 2 and 2.5 for SF 6-N 2. However, the saturation phenomena of channel numbers in SF 6-Ar are not obvious in these experiments.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIEEE Conference Record - PPC 2011, Pulsed Power Conference 2011
Subtitle of host publicationThe 18th IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference
Pages1032-1035
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Event18th IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference, PPC 2011 - Chicago, IL, United States
Duration: 19 Jun 201123 Jun 2011

Publication series

NameDigest of Technical Papers-IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference

Conference

Conference18th IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference, PPC 2011
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityChicago, IL
Period19/06/1123/06/11

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