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L-3 PS Has Provided Capacitor Banks That Store 200 MJ for EM, ETC & Laser Gun Research
L-3 PS has Unparalleled Experience Delivering High-Current Capacitor Banks Storing Electrical Energy in Excess of 10 MJ. Our experience designing, fabricating, testing and integrating, high-current, multi-MJ capacitor banks is unmatched.
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(Kirkcud-
bright)
Rhein-
metl TZN
ARDEC Green
Farm
US Army/
FMC
OMEGA
UR/LLE
DARPA
(Thunder-bolt)
Energy Bank 4.5 MJ 32 MJ 30 MJ 52 MJ 32 MJ 8.5 MJ 40 MJ 32 MJ
Number of
Modules
18 29 24 16 125 4 120 16
Module
Energy
250 kJ 1.1 MJ 1.25 MJ 3.25 MJ 0.25 MJ 2.125 MJ 0.33 MJ 2 MJ
Maximum
Voltage
11 kV 11 kV 22 kV/
44 kV
24 kV 11 kV 16 kV 15 kV

22 kV

Module
Capacitance
4.1 mF 18.2 mF 5.17 mF 11.3 mF 4.1 mF 4.15 mF 2.9 mF 9.05 mF
Peak Module
Current
90 kA 220 kA 130 to
260 kA
340 kA 125 kA 160 kA 128 kA 130 to
350 kA
Time to Peak
Current
780 µs 1.3 ms 0.67 or
1.3 ms
0.2 -
1.3 ms
350 µs 1.5 -
3 ms
200 µs 0.67 to 2 ms
Output
Switch
ST-300 ST-300 ST-300 RAG
Switch

RAG
Switch

ST-4198 Ignitrons Ignitrons
Crowbar
Switch
Diodes Diodes None Diodes None Diodes N/A Ignitrons