Thesis
Analysis and simulation of a pulsed power system
Master of Science (M.S.), Drexel University
Jun 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/00000164
Abstract
The United States Naval Research Lab has a pulsed power system known as MERCURY. A pulsed power system is a system in which a relatively large amount of power is dissipated over a short period of time, typically on the order of milliseconds or less. The result of this process is that, while the average power may be relatively low, the peak power can be substantially higher. The United States Naval Research Laboratory conducts experiments with MERCURY, a 2.2 TW pulsed power inductive voltage adding system. During usage of this system, it was observed that the coating on the inductive cells was damaged. To better understand the characteristics of this pulsed power system, the model was scaled down substantially and data was collected from thousands of trials to observe if similar component degradation occurred. Signal analysis techniques were applied such as cross-correlation and singular value decomposition to determine if these same degradation issues occurred on small-scale models.
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- Title
- Analysis and simulation of a pulsed power system
- Creators
- Alex Northrup
- Contributors
- Christopher W. Peters (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Master of Science (M.S.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Number of pages
- ix, 81 pages
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- College of Engineering (1970-2026); Electrical (and Computer) Engineering (1970-2026); Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 991014695137404721