TY - GEN
T1 - An Investigation of Energy Efficiency in Electrical Explosion of Aluminium Metallized Film
T2 - 2021 IEEE Pulsed Power Conference, PPC 2021
AU - Onyenucheya, Barnard
AU - Ashford, Marcus
AU - Zirnheld, Jennifer
AU - Burke, Kevin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 IEEE.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Avalanche breakdown is the primary contributor to the peak current observed during the exploding film event. This process occurs in a gas when a free electron collides with an electron orbiting a nearby atom with enough energy to eject it from its orbit. This results in an additional free electron that acts as positive feedback to the sum of free electrons in the gas. If more atoms are present in the gas, it would follow that more free electrons are generated and contribute to the peak current observed. Past experiments have shown a correlation between ambient pressures and temperatures and the peak current of the event. This work compares the particle liberation observed on a sample after the event takes place to the varying ambient pressures and temperatures, the results of which are presented in this document.
AB - Avalanche breakdown is the primary contributor to the peak current observed during the exploding film event. This process occurs in a gas when a free electron collides with an electron orbiting a nearby atom with enough energy to eject it from its orbit. This results in an additional free electron that acts as positive feedback to the sum of free electrons in the gas. If more atoms are present in the gas, it would follow that more free electrons are generated and contribute to the peak current observed. Past experiments have shown a correlation between ambient pressures and temperatures and the peak current of the event. This work compares the particle liberation observed on a sample after the event takes place to the varying ambient pressures and temperatures, the results of which are presented in this document.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85127229596
U2 - 10.1109/PPC40517.2021.9733148
DO - 10.1109/PPC40517.2021.9733148
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85127229596
T3 - IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference
BT - 2021 IEEE Pulsed Power Conference, PPC 2021
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 12 December 2021 through 16 December 2021
ER -