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A Novel HTS Pulse Transformer-Based Inductive Pulsed Power Supply Circuit With Improved ICCOS Module
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on. 52(3):843-851 Mar, 2024
Subject
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Capacitors
Inductors
Pulse transformers
High-temperature superconductors
Thyristors
Power supplies
Discharges (electric)
Electromagnetic launching power supplies
inductive energy storage
power semiconductor switches
pulse circuits
pulse transformers
Language
ISSN
0093-3813
1939-9375
Abstract
Inductive pulsed power supplies (IPPSs) are considered an attractive alternative to capacitive supplies for electromagnetic launch (EML) in all-electric mobile systems. The main obstacle to the early development of IPPS is the switching technology of large current, which can now be solved by a technique called inverse current commutation with semiconductor devices (ICCOS). In this article, a novel repetitive IPPS circuit with an improved ICCOS module is proposed. A bridge-type circuit composed of a capacitor, a diode, a small inductor, and three thyristors is used as the ICCOS module. With the ICCOS module, the proposed circuit can turn off the main switch thyristor, recover the residual energy of the system, self-recover the capacitor voltage of the ICCOS module, and generate continuous current pulses. To verify the feasibility of the proposed circuit, simulations and experiments are carried out based on a small high-temperature superconducting (HTS) pulse transformer. The results confirm the theoretical analysis and show the validity of the circuit scheme.