Re: efficiency of spark gaps vs tubes

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Subject: Re: efficiency of spark gaps vs tubes 


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>From: Benson_Barry%PAX5-at-mr.nawcad.navy.mil
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>Subject: Re: efficiency of spark gaps vs tubes
>
>
>Hi Geoff, All,
>     Plenum press has begun publishing a series of books
>on pulsed power.  The third book is a compendium of J. C. Martin
>articles on spark gap characteristics.  The spark gap has the
>same problems inherent in many switches.  The main losses
>occur during the closing and opening of the gap when the
>resistance and inductance is changing.  This would imply
>greater losses as frequency increased.  This energy would
>be required for the reformation of cathode spots on the opposite
>electrode as polarity changed also.
>
>                         Barry
>
Ouch!	jim

surf to:	http://plenum.titlenet-dot-com:6800/ and then do a author
search.

http://plenum.titlenet-dot-com:6800/cgi/getarec?ple20001962

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J C Martin on Pulsed Power

Edited by T.H. Martin and A.H. Guenther, Sandia National Laboratories,
Albuquerque, New Mexico, and M. Kristiansen,
Texas Tech University, Lubbock. 
(Volume 3 in Advances in Pulsed Power Technology) 
Plenum Press 

ISBN: 0-306-45302-9. 535 pp. 1996 LC: 96-11646. 
Domestic price: $125.00 (US and Canada) 
Foreign price: $150.00 (elsewhere) 

** Series **

Advances in Pulsed Power Technology 

*** Description ***

This collection of selected articles documents the pioneering work of
J.C. "Charlie" Martin and his colleagues in modern pulsed
power research at the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment,
Aldermaston, Reading, United Kingdom. The articles, taken
primarily from Martin's notes and his lectures on high voltage topics,
brings his knowledge of the field into focus. This
collection also contains never-before-published reports from
Aldermaston. The material is remarkably current and deals with
pulsed systems less sensitive to those factors involved in slower
pulsed scenarios. Articles also cover the design and operation
of large pulsed power systems.

*** Contents ***

High Speed Pulsed Power Technology at Aldermaston (M.J. Goodman). J.C.
"Charlie" Martin, C.B.E. Brief and Probably
Not Very Accurate History of Pulsed Power at Atomic Weapons Research
Establishment Aldermaston. Nanosecond Pulse
Techniques. Hull Lecture Notes. Gas Breakdown. Liquid Breakdown. Solid
Breakdown. Fast Pulse Vacuum Flashover.
Switching. Beams. High Voltage Design Considerations. Index.

*** Subject(s) ***

Electrical engineering; power systems; optical engineering 

Place an order