Design of a Compact, Lightweight Pulsed Homopolar Generator Power Supply

Abstract

The Center for Electromechanics at The University of Texas at Austin (CEM-UT), funded by the U. S. Army Armament Research and Development Command (ARRADCOM) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), has designed and begun construction of a compact, lightweight homopolar generator (HPG) that can be used as a portable field power supply. Nominally a 6-MJ, 750-kA generator, this machine will significantly advance the state of the art in terms of energy density in an inexpensive machine designed for production. The mechanical and electrical design of the machine, which is based on the all-iron-rotating (A-I-R) configuration, is discussed. Fabrication has begun and the machine should be operable by January 1982.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA638117

Entities

People

  • J. H. Gully
  • M. A. Pichot
  • R. A. Marshall
  • W. F. Weldon

Organizations

  • University of Texas at Austin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Armatures
  • Assembly
  • Bearings
  • Circuits
  • Eddy Currents
  • Energy
  • Energy Storage
  • Fabrication
  • Generators
  • Lightweight
  • Magnetic Circuits
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Magnetic Flux
  • Magnetic Flux Density
  • Power
  • Power Supplies
  • Pulsed Power

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics