Capacitor Technology

Verifies: Addresses fundamentals of dielectric capacitor technology and multifactor stress aging of insulating media in highly stressed compact capacitors; Discusses thermal, electromechanical, and partial discharge factors affecting capacitor aging and lifetime; Covers diagnostic measurement techniques for determining material degradation and failure probability in pulsed-power capacitors

Verifies: Proposes nano-structure multilayer technology for high voltage, high energy density capacitors with order of magnitude improvement in energy density; Addresses military and American economic competitiveness applications for pulse power programs including electro-thermal propulsion; Describes solid-state capacitor design with extraordinary mechanical and thermal properties

Verifies: Describes Sandia National Laboratories research on high energy density ceramic capacitors for pulse discharge applications; Reports ceramic capacitors demonstrating pulse discharge lifetimes greater than 100,000 cycles; Discusses derating of rated voltage as a function of required discharge lifetime

Verifies: Documents Sandia Z Refurbishment Project capacitor vendor qualification including General Atomics P/N 32896 capacitors; Reports Weibull distribution lifetime means of approximately 17,000 shots at 100 kV and 10,000 shots at 110 kV; Establishes that capacitor lifetime scales inversely with voltage to the 6.28 power over the 100-110 kV range