Research Paper: Investigating the Electric Power Performance of the Shock Wave Device and Explosion of Aluminum Wire in a Water Environment

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1 PhD Graduated, Research Institute of Applied Sciences, Academic Center of Education, Culture and Research (ACECR), and Malek Ashtar University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Research Institute of Applied Sciences, Academic Center of Education, Culture and Research (ACECR), Tehran, Iran

3 Instrcutor, Research Institute of Applied Sciences, Academic Center of Education, Culture and Research (ACECR), Tehran, Iran

4 PhD Student, Research Institute of Applied Sciences (ACECR) and K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

5 M. Sc. Graduated, Research Institute of Applied Sciences and Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

6 M. Sc. Graduated, Research Institute of Applied Sciences and Islamic Azad University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran

Abstract

The shock wave or plasma pulse method was presented for the first time in oil wells to solve the problem of worldwide pressure drop and well production. In this study, the technology of underwater electric wire explosion (UWEWE) has been investigated to generate shock waves by using a sudden discharge of very hot plasma energy at a point and then creating a shock wave. The constructed plasma emitting device consists of two electrodes, a set of high voltage capacitors with a voltage of 5 kV and a capacity of 80 microfarads, an electronic block, a Rogovsky coil installed in the electric discharge circuit, and a relay block. For aluminum wire with a diameter of 400 and 500 mm and a length of 30 mm, with a pulsed current at a discharged voltage of 3.8 kV, the total energy deposition is 400 and 500 J, with the energy conversion efficiency of 68 and 66.3%, respectively, and a maximum power of 168 MW.

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  • Receive Date: 18 October 2023
  • Revise Date: 20 December 2023
  • Accept Date: 13 January 2024

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