Computer design and optimization of the active rotary flux compressor
Abstract
The active rotary flux compressor (ARFC) is a high power (10 GW), short pulse length (1 ms) power supply which utilizes magnetic flux compression. A new technology is considered as a power supply for high energy lasers used in experiments in inertial confinement fusion (ICF). ARFC model was developed and normalized. The model predicts all the relevant electrical and mechanical properties of the machine and simulates its operation in an ICF laser system. The model indicates the ARFC design with optimum performance, in the system context, and maximizes various figures of merit. It is indicated that an ARFC with a rotor approximately 3 m long and 50 cm in radius is capable of delivering 10 MJ of electrical energy to the flashlamp bank.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- December 1983
- Bibcode:
- 1983STIN...8429215E
- Keywords:
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- Compressors;
- Computer Design;
- Flash Lamps;
- Flux;
- Rotary Engines;
- Rotary Stability;
- Magnetic Compression;
- Optimization;
- Power Supplies;
- Lasers and Masers