The proposed CEM-UT 50-MJ pulsed homopolar generator power supply
Abstract
A research facility which will include a versatile high-current pulsed power supply is being planned by the Center for Electromagnetic Electromechanics at the University of Texas at Austin (CEM-UT). The power supply will consist of 12 5-MJ all-iron-rotating homopolar generator (HPG) modules that can be connected in various parallel-series arrangements. With peak-output power in excess of 400 megawatts, the 50-MJ HPG power supply should prove valuable in future high-current pulsed power experiments, including welding, heating, metal forming, switch-gear testing, and electromagnetic propulsion.
- Publication:
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IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
- Pub Date:
- January 1982
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- Bibcode:
- 1982ITM....18..165W
- Keywords:
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- Electric Power Supplies;
- High Current;
- Homopolar Generators;
- Pulse Generators;
- Electric Welding;
- Electromagnetic Propulsion;
- Heating Equipment;
- Metal Working;
- Power Supply Circuits;
- Research Facilities;
- Rotating Generators;
- Tokamak Devices;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering