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High Energy Pulsed Power by Inductively Driven Imploding Liner Flux Compression

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Energy Storage, Compression, and Switching

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The use of electromagnetically driven imploding liner flux compression techniques coupled with high energy inertial-inductive storage systems is investigated theoretically. Basic flux compression generator operation is reviewed and two techniques are discussed for obtaining high power, high energy electrical pulses. Power levels of several terawatts, involving tens and hundreds of megajoules of electrical energy in a few microseconds appear possible with overall efficiencies of 7–10%.

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  1. Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Code 7760, Washington, D.C., 20375, USA

    Peter J. Turchi

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  1. Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

    W. H. Bostick  & V. Nardi  & 

  2. Galileo Ferraris National Electrotechnical Institute, Torino, Italy

    V. Nardi

  3. Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, University of California, Livermore, California, USA

    O. S. F. Zucker

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Turchi, P.J. (1976). High Energy Pulsed Power by Inductively Driven Imploding Liner Flux Compression. In: Bostick, W.H., Nardi, V., Zucker, O.S.F. (eds) Energy Storage, Compression, and Switching. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2214-6_14

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