Editing Pulsed power

[[File:U.S._Department_of_Energy_-_Science_-_119_001_007_(10190811655).jpg | thumb | 220x124px | right | alt=SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORY'S Z ACCELERATOR, A PULSED POWER FACILITY IN OPERATION. |
A time-exposure photograph of electrical flash-over arcs produced over the surface of the water in the accelerator tank as a byproducts of Z operation. These flash-overs are much like strokes of lightning. The Z pulsed power accelerator at Sandia, which began operating in September 1996, is the world's most powerful and efficient laboratory [[X-ray]] source. It is a modified version of the PBFA II accelerator which was used until 1996 for light ion fusion research.]]'''Pulsed power''' is the science and technology of accumulating [[energy]] over a relatively long period of time and releasing it instantly, thus increasing the instantaneous power. They can be used in some applications such as [[food processing]], [[water treatment]], weapons, and medical applications.

==Overview==
Energy is typically stored as [[electric potential energy]] within [[capacitor]]s, or in the case of explosive pulsed power, as chemical energy. The stored energy is released over a very short time scale resulting in a large amount of power being delivered to a [[external electric load|load]] which can be used to study [[high energy density physics]] phenomena such as [[inertial confinement fusion]] using a [[Z-pinch]], and [[Plasma (physics)|plasma physics]] or to create [[electromagnetic radiation]].

Some electrically driven pulsed power accelerators make use of [[Pulse-forming network|pulse-forming lines]] to compress the current pulse before reaching the load, as is often the case when [[Marx generator]]s are used as the prime power source. Other circuit architectures such as [[linear transformer driver]]s or impedance-matched Marx generators typically do not require any pulse compression.

==Maximum power records==

Single pulse energies as high as 100&nbsp;MJ, power as high as a "few hundred terawatts" with voltages between 10&nbsp;kV and 50&nbsp;MV, and currents between 1&nbsp;kA and 10&nbsp;MA, have been achieved at least as of 2006.<ref>[https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783540261377 "Pulsed Power Systems" Bluhm, Hansjoachim, 2006]</ref>

==Usage==
[[Railgun]] is one of the example usage of pulsed power and it is still at research stage due to its complexity.

==See also==
*{{annotated link|Crossatron}}
*{{annotated link|Dipole magnet}} "kicker"
*{{annotated link|Electromagnetic forming}}
*{{annotated link|Electromagnetic pulse}} (EMP)
*{{annotated link|Explosively pumped flux compression generator}}
*{{annotated link|Ignitron}}
*{{annotated link|Linear transformer driver}}
*{{annotated link|Magnetic pulse welding}}
*{{annotated link|Particle accelerator}}
*{{annotated link|Power (physics)}}
*{{annotated link|Pulse-forming network}}
*{{annotated link|Thyratron}}
*{{annotated link|Triggered spark gap}}
*{{annotated link|Z Pulsed Power Facility}}; "Z machine"

==Manufacturers==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20141022202717/http://www.abb.ch/product/ap/db0003db004291/c12573e7003304adc1256b820064c480.aspx ABB Pulsed Power] – Manufacturer of semiconductor-based replacements for thyratrons

==References==
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