Development of enhanced fault-tolerance for a 600 kV impulse generator

J. L. Zirnheld; V. G. Foley; R. E. Dollinger; W. J. Sarjeant

Development of enhanced fault-tolerance for a 600 kV impulse generator

J. L. Zirnheld
, V. G. Foley
, R. E. Dollinger
, W. J. Sarjeant

Department of Electrical Engineering

SUNY Buffalo

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Abstract

A Marx Bank is a voltage multiplication system that generates high voltage impulses. A six-stage Marx of low impedance design for AC and DC transmission line surge testing is studied. Six 100 kV, 0.5 μF capacitors are charged in parallel and discharged in series to produce a single shot with 5 to 1000 microsecond impulse waveform with a peak of 600 kV and 15 kJ of energy. Resistor elements in the Marx were destroyed when the impulse generator was discharged into a faulted load, particularly after a sequence of repetitive firings that ended in load breakdown. A bulk ceramic tube resistor was developed through industrial participation to eliminate resistor breakdown. There were no further instances of resistor damage using the bulk ceramics.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	198-201
Number of pages	4
Journal	IEEE Conference Record of Power Modulator Symposium
State	Published - 1996
Event	Proceedings of the 1996 22nd International Power Modulator Symposium - Boca Raton, FL, USA Duration: Jun 24 1996 → Jun 27 1996

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