Author: Sharma, V.K.
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TUPP007 Multi Gigawatt High Current Pulsed Electron Accelerator Technology Development Program at BARC 456
 
  • A. Sharma, R. Agarwal, M. Beg, R. Chandra, H. Choudhary, L.M. Gantayet, S.R. Ghodke, TS. Kolge, R. Kumar, S. Mitra, K.C. Mittal, A.S. Patel, A. Roy, P.C. Saroj, K. Senthil, V.K. Sharma, S.K. Singh
    BARC, Mumbai, India
 
  High current intense electron beams were investigated earlier for Flash X-rays and nuclear electromagnetic pulse generation. Starting with moderate parameters of 200 kV, 6 kA, 60 ns pulsed electron beam source from a system named Kilo Ampere Linear Injector (KALI-75) our latest development is KALI-30 GW system rated for 1 MV, 30 kA, 80 ns. First repetitive pulse LINAC without spark gap switching was developed as Linear Induction Accelerator (LIA-200) for technology demonstrations at 100 Hz. Also a repetitive Marx generator coupled reflex triode system to operate at 10 Hz. Next to this series of development LIA-400 has been developed to a capacity of 400 kV, 4 kA, 100 ns, 300 Hz. To make these pulse power systems applicable for big LINAC projects like nToF studies or ADS program, a high current electron gun has also been developed to give 100 A, 2 ns,10 Hz pulses.
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