In the past few decades, electricity production depended on fossil fuels due to their reliability and efficiency [1].Fossil fuels have many effects on the environment and directly affect the economy as their prices increase continuously due to their consumption which is assumed to double in 2050 and three times by 2100 [6] g. 1 shows the current global …
A review of applications of double-discharge circuits based on generators with inductive energy storage (IES) and semiconductor opening switches (SOS) for efficient …
Section snippets General characteristics of the generator with inductive energy storage. The maximum power introduced into the active medium of gas lasers pumped with capacitive energy storage is limited by the electric strength of the applied insulators and inherent inductance of the coupling between the pumping system and the laser gap.
These hydroelectric, pumped storage plants remove electrical energy from the electric system and convert that energy into another form (the potential energy in the water at its higher level) for ...
Generators with inductive energy storage (GIES) are developed for laser application. Discharge and laser parameters in high-pressure gas mixtures are studied. It was shown that the IES generator produces high-voltage pre-pulse and sharp increase of discharge current which allows to form long-lived stable discharge in different gas mixtures. Improve of both pulse duration and …
Analytical expressions for calculating the energy released in the device at the switching-off stage and the efficiency of the generator with an inductive energy storage system are obtained.
An efficient electric-discharge XeCl laser is developed, which is pumped by a self-sustained discharge with a prepulse formed by a generator with an inductive energy …
A copper vapour laser is built in which a pump generator uses an inductive energy storage and a semiconductor current interrupter. Lasing was obtained in the stationary mode, using a self-heating ...
During that time, some major technological breakthroughs were achieved, such as the development of an inductive energy storage device [6], the combination of the inductive energy storage device and the trigger-less ignition method [16], and the use of a compact magnetic coil for collimating and accelerating plasma [12,17].
Energy harvesting represents an alternative power source technique to realize battery-less implantable medical device. In this paper, a specific kinetic energy harvester has been considered [].The electrical signal produced by a kinetic energy harvester is typically in AC form; therefore, the scavenged energy cannot directly power a device or a circuit and it cannot …
The high energy density pulse power supply with the capacitor bank as the energy storage unit is an essential part of the primary energy excitation system of the high power laser facility. It provides excitation pulses that meet the energy, power and waveform requirements for the xenon lamp load [1], [2]. When one of the capacitors experiences ...
This paper presents a systematized review of the research on the production of nanosecond high-power pulses using solid-state generators based on an inductive energy …
It is shown that the semiconductor opening switch controls the amount of energy in the inductive storage, and a high-voltage short prepulse with a peak pump power density of ~1 MW cm-3 appearing ...
This paper reports the construction of a full-scale discharge laser system pumped by a generator with inductive energy storage and semiconductor opening …
It is shown that the semiconductor opening switch controls the amount of energy in the inductive storage, and a high-voltage short prepulse with a peak pump power density of ~1 MW cm-3 appearing ...
It is shown that the inductive energy storage provides a convenient way of varying the pump pulse parameters (primarily, the pulse duration and the input power) and obtaining optimal excitation ...
A new method of pumping electric-discharge gas lasers and excimer lamps is proposed on the basis of generators with inductive energy storage and opening switches of various types (exploding wires, gas-discharge low-pressure devices, plasma erosion opening switches, and semiconductor SOS diodes). It is shown that the inductive energy storage provides a …
Generators with inductive energy storage units and semiconductor opening switches designed for laser excitation are described. Operation of the generators on a gas-discharge load is considered and possible excitation modes are discussed. A longitudinal N/sub 2/ laser, transverse discharge nonchain HF laser, and CO/sub 2/ laser are developed based on this pumping …
The advantages of inductive energy storage (IES) generators for increasing the pulse energy, power, and duration for nitrogen laser pumped by self-sustained transverse discharge have been ...
An Inductive pump is a magnetically regulated positive displacement pump used to pump liquids and gases. It is capable of handling many corrosive chemicals as well as solvents and gases. ... Inductive pumps are considered highly accurate and energy efficient. Inductive pumps use two primary parameters to control flow, they are Rate and Dwell ...
The common nanosecond pulse generator is based on capacitive energy storage. Compared with the nanosecond pulse generator based on capacitive energy storage, the inductive …
To understand the energy conversion during VAT discharge, a high-voltage probe and current meter were used to measure the charging and discharging of the inductive energy storage circuit. Eq. (10) presents that the higher the inductance value, the higher is the amount of energy stored in the inductor. Three different inductors with inductance ...
We report development of long-pulse discharge N2-lasers pumped by inductive energy storage with maximal radiation parameters. The laser output from an active volume with cross-section up to 6×10 ...
These hydroelectric, pumped storage plants remove electrical energy from the electric system and convert that energy into another form (the potential energy in the water at its higher level) for ...
Inductive energy storage refers to the method of storing energy in a magnetic field generated by an electric current flowing through a coil of wire. This process is fundamental to devices like superconducting magnetic energy storage systems, where energy can be stored and retrieved efficiently, providing rapid power delivery when needed. The efficiency and effectiveness of …
Electric circuit of the laser pumped by the inductive energy storage and opening switch based on the SOS-diodes: SW 0, SW D are the spark gaps; C 0 is the primary storage capacitor; C 1 are the peaking capacitors; C D is the capacitor for pumping SOS-diodes D in the forward direction; L 0 =25–55 nH, L 1 =10 nH, and L D =0.87 or 3.13 mH are ...
Pre-pulse-sustainer circuit technique on the base of the inductive energy storage and semiconductor opening switch generators was developed. It was found that the pre-pulse with high amplitude and short rise-time along with sharp increase of discharge current significantly improve discharge stability and life-time of the volume discharge in halogen containing gas …
In this paper, the principle of inductive energy storage(IES) is applied to twisted pair wire(TPW), served as energy storage unit for generating nanosecond pulse. As a kind of transmission line, the electromagnetic field constraint of TPW is realized by twisting, so it has greater bent flexibility than coaxial transmission line, which makes it ...
Two methods of output voltage adding using pulse forming lines (PFLs) have been studied and compared. Both methods use inductive energy storage (IES) instead of traditional capacitive energy storage (CES), which means that the PFLs are charged by current instead of voltage. One of the methods (Type A) used an additional transmission-line-transformer (TLT) to achieve …
The pre-pulse with high pumping power forms high-density discharge plasma and inversion population in gas mixtures under study within ~10 ns and provides both early one-set of lasing …
Pulse repetitive generators with inductive energy storage unit and semiconductor opening switch were developed and used for pumping lasers on CO2, N2, Cu vapor laser and VUV Xe excilamp.
Characteristics of inductive energy storage system pulsed power generator with semiconductor opening switch (SOS) diodes are investigated with focusing on an energy transfer efficiency from the generator to the resistive load. Fast recovery diodes VMI K100UF were used as SOS and were connected in series and/or in parallel to realize a large current and a high output voltage. …
The all-solid-state inductive energy storage pulse forming line modulator is a brand-new solution to achieve a high repetition rate, high voltage gain, and short pulse output. However, due to the non-ideal dynamic characteristics of the switch and the fixed physical space size of the transmission line, it''s difficult to realize the generation and control of high-voltage short pulses.
However, the inductive energy storage electromagnetic emission pulsed power supply puts high requirements for charging power supply, and the main problems, such as high voltage will be generated when the disconnect switch is turned off, need to be solved. ... Pumped high-powered laser weapons is a modern new-concept high-powered laser weapon ...
An inductive energy storage pulse power system is being developed in BARC, India. Simple, compact, and robust opening switches, capable of generating hundreds of kV, are key elements in the ...
When compared to "inductive" switching DC/DC converters, which use inductors as energy storage elements, charge pumps offer unique characteristics that make them attractive for certain end-user applications. This article will compare the architecture and operation of a regulated charge pump with that of the most widely used inductor-based ...
A new type of vacuum arc thruster in combination with an innovative power processing unit (PPU) has been developed that promises to be a high efficiency (∼15%), low mass (∼100 g) propulsion system for micro- and nanosatellites. This thruster accelerates a plasma that consists almost exclusively of ions of the cathode material and has been operated with a wide variety of …
Pumped storage hydropower (PSH) is a type of hydroelectric energy storage. ... The Department of Energy''s "Pumped Storage Hydropower" video explains how pumped storage works. The first known use cases of PSH were found in Italy and Switzerland in the 1890s, and PSH was first used in the United States in 1930. Now, PSH facilities can be found ...
