CYCLOTRON WAVE POWER CONVERTER.

Abstract

The cyclotron-wave power converter is useful over the same frequency range as the Cuccia coupler. Its theoretical power-handling capability is very high, of the order of megawatts for a wide-gap Cuccia cavity and a few amperes beam current. Theoretical efficiency ranges from 0.60 to over 0.95, depending on power ratio, transistion length, the type of collector, and the final value of the B-field. These results are summarized. Measured efficiencies have been significantly lower, due mainly to difficulties associated with collector current reduction under r-f conditions with depressed collector voltage. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0654049

Entities

People

  • C. C. Johnson
  • D. C. Watson
  • K. I. Talbot

Organizations

  • University of Utah

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accumulators
  • Converters
  • Cyclotron Waves
  • Cyclotrons
  • Efficiency
  • Electronic Equipment
  • Frequency
  • Inverters
  • Power Converters
  • Wave Power

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electronics Engineering
  • Semiconductor Device Technology