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Early Time (E1) High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse Effects On Lightning Surge Arresters And Trip Coils, David Erney Sanabria
Early Time (E1) High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse Effects On Lightning Surge Arresters And Trip Coils, David Erney Sanabria
Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs
A High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) is a potential threat to the power grid. HEMP can couple on transmission lines causing large overvoltages, which could be harmful to the line and everything else connected to it. The effects of overvoltages on all sorts of devices in the power grid need to be understood. The work developed here is a joint effort between The University of New Mexico and Sandia National Laboratories; The devices that are within the scope of this effort are Trip Coils and Lightning Surge Arresters (LSA). Existing data on HEMP, existing standards, and a previous analysis, were …
Advancing Compact Pulsed Power, Jon C. Pouncey
Advancing Compact Pulsed Power, Jon C. Pouncey
Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs
The first two decades of the 21st century have seen significant interest in expanding the application of pulsed power technology beyond its traditional use in physics and nuclear weapons research. Applications in the field of national defense, which present unique constraints on system size, have provided impetus to increase the exploration of compact pulsed power solutions. Innovations related to energy density, insulation, switching, and power conversion systems have been realized, bringing deployable compact pulsed power systems closer to realization than ever before. However, recent systems integration efforts have shown that work still remains to develop needed tools and technologies …