Compulsator research at The University of Texas at Austin-an overview

Author

Spann, M.L. ; Pratap, S.B. ; Werst, M.D. ; Walls, A.W. ; Fulcher, W.G.

Author_Institution

Center for Electromech., Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA

Volume

25

Issue

1

fYear

1989

fDate

1/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

529

Lastpage

537

Abstract

An overview of compulsator research is presented, including a brief history of the device, electromagnetic and mechanical design considerations, status of machines currently in operation and under development, and future technology. The compulsator appears to have great potential as a power supply for a variety of fields including fusion, industrial applications, directed energy weapons, low-frequency sound sources, and electromagnetic launch (EML) technology. Several machines have been built and tested, successfully demonstrating the principle of operation and showing that a compact rotating machine, operating at high efficiency, can provide a series of appropriate high current pulses without the necessity of complicated conditioning and switching networks

Keywords

alternators; electromagnetic launchers; power supplies to apparatus; pulsed power technology; Austin; EML; Texas University; compulsator research; directed energy weapons; electromagnetic launch; fusion; high current pulses; history; industrial applications; low-frequency sound sources; mechanical design; power supply; rotating machine; Alternators; Capacitors; Circuits; Electromagnetic fields; Inductors; Power generation; Pulsed power supplies; Rotating machines; Switches; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.22595

Filename

22595