Authors : Virend Umale ; Ganesh Pardhi ; Ajinkya Bhivadare ; Akanksha Bahe ; Diya Chaure ; Shubham Wasnik

Volume/Issue : Volume 10 - 2025, Issue 5 - May

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/25may547

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Abstract : Marx turbines may generate high-voltage pulses via multiple, equivalent tiers operating at a fraction of the full output voltage. Each Marx degree comprises a high-voltage transfer and network-forming condenser or pulse. Without the application of a step-up transformer, which limits instances of pulse upward thrust and reduces tool performance. Marx turbines exist in close, tight lifelines, and such switches are normally spark gaps, so they produce low repetition charges. Creating inexpensive, long-lived, resilient, high-voltage Marx mills which have a tendency to pulse heavily repeated charges is enhanced by the availability of small, high voltage, high dv/dt, and fast turn-on strong state switches. Fashionable impulse waveforms can be utilized in testing the electrical equipment's capability because they are similar to lightning strokes. The most popular and commonly used technique for generating high-voltage pulses is the Marx generator. During the ON time, a 555 timer generates pulses that make the capacitors rate in parallel. With the help of MOSFETs, capacitors are connected in series during the pulses ' OFF time. Finally, the voltage is boosted to about eleven times the supply voltage by a combination of capacitors employed in the collection. The best output was over 4KV DC, for which the input of 400V was utilized.

Keywords : High Voltage Generation, Marx Generator, and Over Voltage Trigger.

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