Abstract:
The design, research and test of a metallized dielectric capacitor in Guilin Power Capacitor Corporation(GCC) for SGⅢ prototype laser facility began nearly seven years ago. The MKMJ25—55(25 kV,55 μF,0.56 J/cm3) capacitor, made by GCC, has been successfully utilized in SGⅢ prototype. This paper describes the metallized dielectric configuration, performance of the capacitor and testing and explores its lifetime and failure mechanism. Experiments show that it has a capacitance tolerance of 2%~5% and a dissipation factor lower than 0.05%. It has good dielectric strength since it withstood electrode-electrode and electrode-ground voltages. The capacitance dropped 1.8% after 1×104 charge-discharge cycles in lifetime test.