Advanced Concepts For Pulsed, Rotating Generators Incorporating Magnetic Flux Compression Features

This paper presents several concepts of high energy power supplies for coil launchers. Pulsed induction generators of advanced design, as well as integrating novel magnetic flux compression features into multistage rotating machines, provide the flexible means for generating tailored, high energy, high power electromagnetic pulses required to efficiently drive advanced coil launchers. These concepts are designed to produce high inductive compression ratios and large current and magnetic field multiplication ratios in the range of megamperes of current and gigawatts of active power. As a consequence of the flexibility of multiwinding rotating generators, such designs provide an extensive range of output pulse shaping in single or multiple pulses.