The experimental results of the geophysical pulse voltage generator

The paper is devoted to the development process of the geophysical pulse voltage generator. The peculiarity of the generator lies in the non-specific purpose of this type of construction. Its main function is the controlled effect on the active faults of seismically dangerous zones. The results of the field experiment with the constructed device from 2018 to 2020 are presented. During the experiments, estimations and theoretical analysis we have obtained the seismic noise recorded by means of molecular electronic instruments and determined the periods of the electrical pulses. Operational parameters of the generator were identified on the basis of experiment results. The software and hardware elements of the system were upgraded and, as a result, a new version of the geophysical pulse voltage generator was developed.

Lightning protection of the object located on the slope

The article points out the drawback of all the current instructions for the lightning protection device: the lack of instructions for calculating the lightning protection zones of an object located on a slope. The methods of applying the current instructions for the lightning protection device when placing an object on a slope are given, based on the assumption that lightning strikes the lightning rods vertically and perpendicular to the slope. The features of the choice of lightning protection characteristics (calculated points of the protected object, calculated heights of lightning rods, methods of constructing lightning protection zones) are described. A method for calculating the lightning protection zones of an object located on a slope is proposed, based on the assumption that lightning strikes lightning rods perpendicular to the slope, in particular, the concept of the axis of a conditional lightning rod shifted on the object plan for calculating lightning protection zones is introduced. The consequences of the application in engineering practice of the methodology for calculating the lightning protection zones of an object located on a slope, based on the assumption that lightning strikes the lightning rods perpendicular to the slope, are indicated. Using a pulse voltage generator, tests were performed on a model of a lightning rod located on a slope in order to determine the direction of lightning strikes-vertical or perpendicular to the slope. It was determined experimentally that the proposed method for calculating the lightning protection zones of an object located on a slope, based on the assumption that lightning strikes lightning rods perpendicular to the slope, should be used in cases where the protected objects are located on slopes with an angle of more than 25°.

MONITORING THE CAPACITOR CHARGE VOLTAGE IN THE PULSE VOLTAGE GENERATOR USING THE ACCELERATOR OF RELATIVISTIC ELECTRON BEAMS

Noise-protected high charge voltage meter was manufactured using terminal capacitors of the four-channel pulse voltage generator (PVG). The noise protection is provided by the use of communication lines with fiberoptic cables. This measuring device is successfully used for the relativistic electron beam (REB) accelerator “Temp-B” and it provides the measurement accuracy of ~ 0.5% in the electromagnetic noise environment.

Моделирование электрического пробоя монокристаллов перхлората аммония в динамическом режиме

A numerical simulation of the electrical breakdown in dynamic mode of single crystals of ammonium perchlorate has been carried out. The system of differential equations was solved, which described the processes in the equivalent circuit of the pulse voltage generator together with the kinetic equation of impact electron multiplication and the heat balance equation. The dependences of the electric strength of ammonium perchlorate in dynamic mode on the interelectrode distance and the duration of the leading edge of a high voltage pulse were calculated. Obtained numerical simulation results are in good agreement with the known experimental data of electrical breakdown of ammonium perchlorate in the dynamic mode.