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Electromagnetic plasma accelerators which can generate hypervelocity and high density plasma jets have been widely used in the fields of nuclear physics and astrophysics. In this paper, an experimental platform of parallel-rail accelerator electromagnetically driven plasma is established, and the discharge modes under different discharge currents and gas injection conditions are studied through using magnetic probes, a spectrometer and an ICCD. A fast gas valve is used to inject argon into the rail electrode area. The time delay between the fast valve discharge and the parallel-rail accelerator discharge is fixed to be 450 μs. The waveform of power supply of the parallel-rail accelerator is a sinusoidal wave. The total capacitance is 120 μF, the total inductance is about 400 nH, and the maximum current is 170 kA. The fast valve current waveform is a double exponential waveform with a maximum current of 2.5 kA. When the discharge current is 40 kA, a current sheet with a certain thickness is generated, and the current sheet moves through different detection positions along the rail electrode at a certain velocity. Therefore, the working mode of the parallel-rail accelerator is the snowplow mode. As the discharge current increases, the trailing edge of the current channel is fixed during the current rising phase, and starts to move to the end of the rail during the current falling phase. A diffuse distributed current channel is formed, and the parallel-rail accelerator operates in a deflagration mode. As the gas injection mass increases, the current channel front velocity decreases to form a more concentrated distributed current channel, and the discharge mode turns into the snowplow mode. The stationary current channel in the deflagration mode is maintained mainly by ablating the electrode. The operating parameters mainly affect the rail voltage, which in turn affects the discharge mode of the parallel-rail accelerator. The rail voltage increases when the discharge current or the current rate of change increases. If the rail gap behind the current channel cannot withstand the high rail voltage under large discharge current or large current rate of change, the breakdown occurs, which results in the deflagration mode discharge.
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Keywords:
- parallel-rail /
- current /
- snowplow mode /
- deflagration mode
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图 1 实验装置图
Figure 1. Experimental setup.
图 2 快速气阀波形图 (a) 电流波形; (b) 注入气体的滞止压力波形
Figure 2. Fast gas valve waveform: (a) Current waveform; (b) injected gas stagnation pressure waveform.
图 3 磁场波形和电流波形
Figure 3. Magnetic field and current waveforms.
图 4 电流分布比例图
Figure 4. Current distribution ratio waveform.
图 5 不同电流下的磁场波形图 (a) 64 kA; (b) 100 kA; (c) 170 kA
Figure 5. Magnetic field waveform under different currents: (a) 64 kA; (b) 100 kA; (c) 170 kA.
图 6 不同电流下的电流分布比例 (a) 100 kA; (b) 170 kA
Figure 6. Current distribution ratio under different currents: (a) 100 kA; (b) 170 kA.
图 7 不同注气条件下磁场波形图 (a) 400 kPa/2.18 kA; (b) 800 kPa/2.50 kA
Figure 7. Magnetic field waveform under different gas injection: (a) 400 kPa/2.18 kA; (b) 800 kPa/2.50 kA.
图 8 电流通道等离子体的发射光谱 (a) t = 9 μs; (b) t = 15 μs
Figure 8. Current channel plasma emission spectrum: (a) t = 9 μs; (b) t = 15 μs.
图 9 轨道两端电压随时间的变化
Figure 9. Rail electrode voltage as a function of time.
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Cai M H, Wu F S, Li H W, Han J W 2014 Acta Phys. Sin. 63 019401
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
Gao Z X, Feng C H, Yang X Z, Huang J G, Han J W 2012 Acta Phys. Sin. 61 145201
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
Zhao C X, Qi L W, Yan H J, Wang T T, Ren C S 2019 Acta Phys. Sin. 68 105203
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
Qi L W, Zhao C X, Yan H J, Wang T T, Ren C S 2019 Acta Phys. Sin. 68 035203
Google Scholar
[15] Markusic T E, Choueiri E Y, Berkery J W 2004 Phys. Plasmas 11 4847
Google Scholar
[16] Berkery J W, Choueiri E Y 2006 Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 15 64
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
Liu S, Huang Y Z, Guo H S, Zhang Y P, Yang L J 2018 Acta Phys. Sin. 67 065201
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
[19] Cheng D Y 1970 Nucl. Fusion 10 305
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
[24] Woodall D M, Len L K 1985 J. Appl. Phys. 57 961
Google Scholar
[25] Subramaniam V, Underwood T C, Raja L L, Cappelli M A 2018 Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 27 025016
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
[27] Liu S, Huang Y Z, Zhang Y P, Zhan W, Yu M H, Yang L J 2018 Phys. Plasmas 25 113505
Google Scholar
[28] Huba J D 2013 NRL Plasma Formulary (Washington: Naval Research Laboratory)
[29] Xiao D M 2016 Gas Discharge and Gas Insulation (Shanghai: Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press) pp47–88
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