High Power Laser and Particle Beams, Volume. 36, Issue 11, 115013(2024)

Design and preliminary experiment of high power long lifetime gas spark switch

Lin Chen, Lingyun Wang, Jie Wang*, Jihao Jiang, and Wenhui Han
Author Affiliations
  • Key Laboratory of Pulsed Power, Institute of Fluid Physics, CAEP, Mianyang 621999, China
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    Schematic structure of primary design and photograph of 100 kV/20 kA gas spark switch
    Circuit and platform for single switch lifetime test
    Photograph of nylon insulator and high voltage electrode after lifetime test
    Improved structure design of 100 kV/20 kA gas spark switch
    Lifetime test platform for four gas spark switches
    Ceramic packaged switch, on whose outer surface flashover occuerd
    Typical current waveform in lifetime test
    • Table 1. Lifetime test results of gas spark switches with improved design

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      Table 1. Lifetime test results of gas spark switches with improved design

      switch typetotal shotslast status of switch
      ceramic package-10ceramic body fractured before test
      ceramic package-2155 463flashover happened
      PMMA package-1302 184normal
      PMMA package-2302 184normal
      PMMA package-3302 184normal
    • Table 2. Variation of self-breakdown voltage of gas spark switches with improved design

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      Table 2. Variation of self-breakdown voltage of gas spark switches with improved design

      shot No.average voltage/kVstandard deviation/kVaverage voltage/kVstandard deviation/kVaverage voltage/kVstandard deviation/kVaverage voltage/kVstandard deviation/kV
      ceramic package-1#PMMA package-1#PMMA package-2#PMMA package-3#
      000001~00001090.61.289.61.490.41.090.01.2
      100001~10001092.21.691.41.493.40.892.41.2
      200001~20001096.21.094.81.495.01.2
      300001~30001098.21.699.01.299.41.5
    • Table 3. Delay time and jitter of gas spark switches in triggering experiments after lifetime test

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      Table 3. Delay time and jitter of gas spark switches in triggering experiments after lifetime test

      switch typedelay time/nsjitter/ns
      PMMA package-1#59.42.6
      PMMA package-2#55.32.1
      PMMA package-3#56.82.2
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    Received: Sep. 12, 2024

    Accepted: Oct. 17, 2024

    Published Online: Jan. 8, 2025

    The Author Email: Jie Wang (309925853@qq.com)

    DOI:10.11884/HPLPB202436.240324

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