A novel 60 MW pulsed power system based on capacitive energy storage for particle accelerators

EPE Journal (European Power Electronics and Drives Journal)

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 5-13

  Fahrni, C ^a   Rufer, A ^a   Bordry, F ^b   Burnet, J P ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Energy storage; Particle accelerator; Power cycling; Pulsed power converter

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ENERGY STORAGE;

CAPACITIVE ENERGY STORAGE; MODULATED POWER; NEW SOLUTIONS; NUCLEAR FUSION; POWER CYCLING; POWER DEMANDS; PULSED POWER CONVERTER; PULSED POWER SYSTEMS; ROTATING MACHINE;

PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

EID: 59649098486     PISSN: 09398368     EISSN: 23769319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09398368.2008.11463692     Document Type: Article

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