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

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.

Keywords

• shock wave
• plasma pulse
• electric wire explosion
• and plasma energy