Pulsed Power Symposium 2014 Programme

Provisional
Symposium Programme
18th March 2014
Holywell Park Conference Centre, Loughborough, UK
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9:00 - 9:10
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10:10 -10:25
10:25 -12:00
12:00 - 14:00
14:00 - 16:00
16:00 -16:15
16:15 - 18:15
18:15 -18:30
19:00 - 21:00
Registration desk opens
Coffee and refreshments
Opening remarks
Oral session 1 (part a)
Coffee break
Oral session 1 (part b)
Buffet lunch and poster session
Oral session 2
Coffee break
Oral session 3
Concluding remarks
Dinner*) at Burleigh Court Restaurant
For those who have booked
Technical Sessions
(only first named authors and their affiliation are given)
Oral Session 1: Pulsed Power Technology, Modulators and
Accelerators
Session Chair: Martin Hubbard, Dstl, UK
0.1.1 Invited Talk: Pulsed Power at the Advanced Technology Centre, C. Spikings, BAE Systems, UK 0.1.2. The MERLIN Flash Radiographic Accelerator, K Thomas, AWE, UK 0.1.3. Development of an Air Insulated Fast LTD Pulser for Radiography Application, F. Bayol, ITHPP Alcen, France 0.1.4. A New Pulsed Power Facility for Isentropic Compression Experiments, S. Bland, Imperial College, UK 0.1.5. ILC-‐Class Marx Modulator at KEK, M.P.J. Gaudreau, Diversified Technologies, USA 0.1.6. Affordable Short Pulse Marx Modulator, R. Phillips, Diversified Technology, USA 0.1.7. The RF System for the International Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment (MICE), K. Ronald, Strathclyde University, UK 0.1.8. Nanosecond Pulsed Streamer Corona Plasma with a DC Bias: Energy and Ozone Measurements, T. Huiskamp, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Oral Session 2: Pulsed Power Applications in Industry
Session Chair: Mark Sinclair, AWE, UK
0.2.1 Invited Talk: Solid-‐State Pulsed Power: a Gateway to Industrial Applications, L. Redondo, Lisbon Superior Engineering Institute, Portugal 0.2.2 An All-‐Solid-‐State Inductive Voltage Adder for Industrial Applications M. Hergt, Siemens, Germany 0.2.3 Resonant Power Electronics for Pulsed Power and High Voltage Applications, A. Watson, Nottingham University, UK 0.2.4 Compact Topology for Adjustable High-‐Voltage Pulse Generation with Drift-‐Step Recovery Diodes, A.J.M. Pemen, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands 0.2.5 Study of Electric Field Distribution in an Electrostatic Precipitator to Optimise the Efficiency of Particles Collection, S. Souakri, Pau University, France 0.2.6 Coupling Eddy Current and Circuit Equations -‐ a Finite Element Implementation, C.P. Riley, Cobham, UK Oral Session 3: Pulsed Power for High Power Microwaves
Session Chair: Alan Phelps, Strathclyde University, UK
0.3.1 Invited Talk: Performances of Compact, High-‐Power, Wideband and Ultra-‐Wideband Electromagnetic Source, P. Delmote, French-‐German Research Institute of Saint-‐Louis, France
0.3.2 Backward-‐Wave Operation of Non-‐Linear Transmission Lines, O. Lipscombe, BAE Systems, UK
0.3.3 Microwave Frequency Oscillator Demonstrator, D. Powell, BAE Systems, UK 0.3.4 “Safe-‐Stop”: Remote Engine Stopping Using Microwaves, A. Wood, e2v, UK 0.3.5 Development of Wideband and Ultra Wideband High Voltage Pulse Sources in the University of Pau and their applications, L. Pecastaing, Pau University, France 0.3.6 Biological effects of pulsed RF Fields studied in cell culture, J.E.H. Tattersall, Dstl, UK Poster Session
P.1 Determination of Impulse Breakdown Probability in Dielectric Liquids using a 3D Electrostatic Solver, T Williams, AWE, UK P.2 Electrostatic Analysis of Mini B Capacitor Stabilisation Straps, C Cookson, AWE, UK P.3 Application of fibre-‐optic diagnostic to monitor switch behaviour during Marx bank erection in flash X-‐ray machines, S Clough, AWE, UK P.4 Pulsed Power Research and Development at Daresbury Laboratory, S Griffiths, Daresbury Laboratories, UK P.5 Improvements to Secondary Windings of Tesla Transformers, R.M. Craven, Loughborough University, UK P.6 Anode Modulation of High Power RF Output Triodes of the Isis Linac, M. Keelan, RAL, UK P.7 3D Modified Electrogeometric Model for Evaluating Lightning Impart Probabilities over Structures, C.Sigogne, Pau Universiy, France P.8 Pulsed High Power Amplifiers, K. Schrock, Diversified Technologies, USA P.9 A Stripline Kicker Driver for the Next Generation Light Source, N.Butler, Diversified Technologies, USA P.10 High Efficiency Operating Point Tracking Techniques for Resonant Power Converters in High Power RF Applications, A. Watson, Nottingham University, UK P.11 Pseudospark-‐sourced Electron Beam Driving a Pulsed BWO, D. Bowes, Strathclyde University, UK P.12 A Novel Current Distribution Sensor for use in Close-‐Coupled Transmission Lines, K. Omar, AWE P.13 Components Design and Optimisation for Gyro-‐TWA, C. Robertson, Strathclyde University, UK P.14 Electrical Fracturing: An Application of the Dynamic Pressure Wave Resulting from Breakdown in Water Gap, J. Marin, Pau University, France P.15 Pulse Modulated Atmospheric Pressure Surface Barrier Discharges, J. Walsh, University of Liverpool, UK P.16 Plasma-‐Induced Inactivation of a Reference Micro-‐Organism, A. Shaw, Loughborough University, UK P.17 Laser-‐triggering Study of a 300kV gas-‐filled spark Gap Switch, R. Pecquois, CEA, France P.18 Transportable and Autonomous High-‐Energy High-‐Current GW Generator, P. Senior, Loughborough University, UK P.19 Tesla-‐Blumlein 10 GW Generator, Meng Wang, Loughborough University, UK P.20 Explosively-‐driven pulsed power from PZT, B.M. Novac, Loughborough University, UK P21. Proof-‐of-‐principle, non-‐invasive PEF, I.R Smith, Loughborough University, UK P22. A pulsed-‐discharge plasma jet excited by direct-‐current voltage, Xuechen Li, Hebei University, China

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