Investigation of a Novel Pulse CCPS Utilizing Inertial Energy Storage of Homopolar Inductor Alternator

Author

Ren, Zhang-Ao ; Yu, Kexun ; Lou, Zhenxiu ; Ye, Caiyong

Author_Institution

Coll. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan, China

Volume

39

Issue

1

fYear

2011

Firstpage

310

Lastpage

315

Abstract

This paper presents the investigation of a novel capacitor-charging power supply through inertial energy storage of a homopolar inductor alternator (HIA). The structure of a new 18/16-pole HIA is proposed, and we introduce the theory and advantages of HIA. The characteristics of the static magnetic field distributions are calculated by finite-element analysis, and a basic mathematic model of HIA is set up. We propose an efficient and stable capacitor-charging circuit topology to meet the requirements of this system. A functional model of the key device, namely, IGCT, is also established. Finally, we verify its feasibility and advantages through analysis of the system simulation.

Keywords

alternators; finite element analysis; inductive energy storage; pulsed power supplies; HIA; IGCT; capacitor-charging power supply; finite-element analysis; homopolar inductor alternator; inertial energy storage; pulse CCPS; static magnetic field distributions; system simulation; Discharges; Energy storage; Integrated circuit modeling; Power supplies; Rotors; Stator windings; Capacitor-charging power supply (CCPS); IGCT; finite-element analysis; homopolar inductor alternator (HIA); inertial energy storage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPS.2010.2055895

Filename

5549924