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Modular Toroidal Copper Coil for the Investigation of Inductive Pulsed Power Generators in the MJ-Range
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on. 30(4):1-6 Jun, 2020
Subject
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Windings
Generators
Resistance
Copper
Stress
Inductance
Capacitors
Inductive storage
pulsed power
skin effect
Language
ISSN
1051-8223
1558-2515
2378-7074
Abstract
Inductive pulsed power generators apply coils as powerful short time energy storage, which is an standard mean to deliver pulses of high power to loads like electromagnetic accelerators. This article deals with the design, simulation, construction, electrical characterization and a pulsed stress test of a modular toroidal coil. The coil was made from 180 D-shaped copper discs and has an approximate inductance of 1 mH ($f > 50$ Hz) and frequency dependent resistance according to 3.88 m$\Omega$$\cdot \sqrt{f}$ + 5 m$\Omega$. Its height, diameter and weight is 0.4 m, 1 m and 1 ton respectively. It is designed to store more than 1 MJ of energy and was successfully tested up to 1.25 MJ. The coil satisfies our requirements for an inductive pulse power generator for EM Launch applications. Further skin effect optimizations will be considered in the future.