A re-configurable bipolar and monopolar transmission-line based pulse generator

Joseph Beveridge; Scott Macgregor; Mark Wilson; Igor Timoshkin

doi:10.1109/PPPS.2007.4346098

A re-configurable bipolar and monopolar transmission-line based pulse generator

Joseph Beveridge, Scott Macgregor, Mark Wilson, Igor Timoshkin

Electronic And Electrical Engineering

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Abstract

Transmission-line based generators are used in a wide range of pulsed power applications where short duration, high voltage pulses are required. These generators can be designed to produce pulses with a risetime in the range of nanoseconds to tens of nanoseconds, and magnitudes of up to several hundred kilovolts. One of the more recent uses of HV pulse generation has been in the field of pulsed electric field (PEF) inactivation of microorganisms. Here, electric fields of the order of 30 kV/cm are applied across liquids for a few microseconds in order to achieve microbial inactivation. It has been reported that there are significant performance differences between applying PEF with monopolar and bipolar pulse profiles. The monopolar pulse has single polaritv, either positive or negative, whilst the bipolar pulse is a dual polarity pulse, where the polarity changes half way through the pulse duration. In order to investigate the reported pulse profile effects, a re-configurable pulse generator was designed and developed that produces both monopolar and bipolar pulse. Details of the pulse generator design and operating performance will be discussed along with some information regarding it suitability for PEF inactivation applications.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IEEE conference record-abstracts
Subtitle of host publication	IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science
Place of Publication	Red Hook, NY
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	792
Number of pages	1
ISBN (Print)	9781424409150
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PPPS.2007.4346098
Publication status	Published - 2007
Event	2007 IEEE international conference on plasma science - Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States Duration: 17 Jun 2007 → 22 Jun 2007

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Conference	2007 IEEE international conference on plasma science
Country/Territory	United States
City	Albuquerque, New Mexico
Period	17/06/07 → 22/06/07

Keywords

liquids
voltage
transmission lines
pulse generation
power generation
microorganisms

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Beveridge, J, Macgregor, S, Wilson, M & Timoshkin, I 2007, A re-configurable bipolar and monopolar transmission-line based pulse generator. in IEEE conference record-abstracts: IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science. IEEE, Red Hook, NY, pp. 792, 2007 IEEE international conference on plasma science, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, 17/06/07. https://doi.org/10.1109/PPPS.2007.4346098

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