Overview of Pulsed Alternators

Shaopeng Wu; Weiduo Zhao; Shaofei Wang; Shumei Cui

doi:10.1109/TPS.2017.2705708

Overview of Pulsed Alternators

Shaopeng Wu, Weiduo Zhao, Shaofei Wang, Shumei Cui

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Abstract

The pulsed alternator (PA), a kinetic energy pulsed power supply, has been developed during the past four decades for application to the electromagnetic launchers. The principles and characteristics of PAs, including topologies, compensation type, and operation mode are described here. The development history of PAs is introduced with a description of the research prototypes that have been developed. Technical improvements have occurred during the development of each generation of PAs. Three basic design aspects, electromagnetic, thermal, and structural design of PAs are presented. The challenges and prospects for PAs are presented, concluding with future trends.

Original language	English
Article number	7935427
Pages (from-to)	1078-1085
Number of pages	8
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
Volume	45
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2017.2705708
Publication status	Published - Jul 2017

Keywords

Compulsator
electromagnetic launch
kinetic energy
pulsed alternator (PA)
pulsed power supply

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Condensed Matter Physics

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