Computer Controlled MHD Power Consolidation and Pulse Generation System

Abstract

The major goal of this research project is to establish the feasibility of a power conversion technology which will permit the direct synthesis of computer programmable pulse power. Feasibility has been established in this project by demonstration of direct synthesis of commercial frequency power by means of computer control. The power input to the conversion system is assumed to be a Faraday connected MHD generator which may be viewed as a multi-terminal dc source and is simulated for the purposes of this demonstration by a set of dc power supplies. This consolidation/inversion (CI), process will be referred to subsequently as Pulse Amplitude Synthesis and Control (PASC). A secondary goal is to deliver a controller subsystem consisting of a computer, software, and computer interface board which can serve as one of the building blocks for a possible phase II prototype system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA338700

Entities

People

  • K. Marcotte
  • M. Donnelly
  • Robert L. Johnson

Organizations

  • Montana State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application-Specific Integrated Circuits
  • Closed Loop Systems
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electronics Industry
  • Electronics Laboratories
  • Inverters
  • Operating Systems
  • Power Electronics
  • Power Supplies
  • Semiconductors
  • Thyristors
  • Waveforms

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Engineering
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Plasma Physics.