Open AccessModeling of the Inductance of a Blumlein Circuit Spark Gap
Author(s) -
Vicente Aboites,
L Rendón,
Arthur Hernandez,
E Valdés
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/582/1/012011
Subject(s) - blumlein pair , inductance , kinetic inductance , spark gap , equivalent series inductance , spark (programming language) , mechanics , ignition system , electrical reactance , physics , electrical engineering , materials science , computer science , voltage , engineering , thermodynamics , pulse generator , programming language
In this paper we present an analysis of the time-varying inductance in the spark gap of a Blumlein circuit. We assume several mathematical expressions to describe the inductance and compare theoretical and computational calculations with experimental results. The time-varying inductance is approximated by a constant, a straight line and two parables which differ in their concavity. This is the first time to our knowledge, in which the time-varying ignition inductance of a nitrogen laser is modeled.