High Power Laser and Particle Beams, Volume. 37, Issue 7, 075002(2025)

Trigger pulse feed and cable protection for MV electrical-triggered gas switch

Jiahui Yin, Hao Wei, Fengju Sun, Xiaofeng Jiang, Tianxue Liang, Weixi Luo, Xinjun Zhang, Tianyang Zhang, Yixiang Hu, and Aici Qiu
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  • National Key Laboratory of Intense Pulsed Radiation Simulation and Effect, Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi’an 710024, China
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    Diagram of feeding trigger pulse via hollow inductor
    Diagram of TGS and its trigger pulse feed method
    The sectional view of TGS test bed
    The equivalent circuit model of TGS test bed and trigger generator
    The diagram of differential capacitive voltage monitor
    The electric field strength simulations of protective resistor under two states
    The voltage waveforms at the point B and C versus protective parameters
    The voltage waveforms at the end of trigger cable
    Typical voltage waveforms of TGS and the definition of tg and td
    The voltage waveforms of TGS under different protective parameters
    td versus tg with different protective resistance (without protective inductor)
    td versus tg of finalized TGS
    • Table 1. Insulation failures events during the TGS test

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      Table 1. Insulation failures events during the TGS test

      working voltage/MVnumber of shotsresistance/Ωinductance/nH*insulation statusthe TGS test conditions
      trigger cableresistor insulator
      * note: without additional protective inductor, the inductance of electoral connection between TGS and protective resistor is about 150 nH
      1.9518340150damageddamagedOrignal version of TGS: The duration of high voltage is about 370 ns.s.
      1.95861050150safedamaged
      1.9512812150safesafeOptimized version of TGS: The main gap spacing is increased from 100 mm to 105 mm and the spacing of disc-ground gap is reduced from 41 mm to 33 mm.
      2.2723812150safedamaged
      2.27357802000safesafe
      1.801405002000safesafeOptimized version of TGS: The duration of high …voltage is about 310 ns.
      2.17605002000safesafe
      2.53865002000safesafe
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    Jiahui Yin, Hao Wei, Fengju Sun, Xiaofeng Jiang, Tianxue Liang, Weixi Luo, Xinjun Zhang, Tianyang Zhang, Yixiang Hu, Aici Qiu. Trigger pulse feed and cable protection for MV electrical-triggered gas switch[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2025, 37(7): 075002

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    Received: Apr. 22, 2025

    Accepted: May. 24, 2025

    Published Online: Jul. 18, 2025

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    DOI:10.11884/HPLPB202537.250093

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