An Algorithm for Designing of Cascaded Helical Flux Compression Generator

Abstract

Cascaded helical flux compression generators (Cascaded-HFCG) are widely used to produce powerful current pulses in many industries, while there is no specific method to design these generators in any books or articles. In this paper, firstly some mechanical and electrical criteria are described, and then an algorithm is proposed based on these criteria. A computer code is written using MATLAB based on the proposed algorithm and some programs are prepared in COMSOL to calculate electrical parameters of the generators which can be used in the design procedure. The validity of the proposed algorithm is verified by simulation.