APPARATUS FOR HEATING GASEOUS MATERIALS

Patent · Tue Aug 27 04:00:00 EDT 1963

OSTI ID:4129986

Clauser, M U; Meyer, R X; Huddlestone, R H; Fried, B D

An improved apparatus for accelerating gas particles to high kinetic energy levels by means of the pinch effect is described. An inner cylindrical capacitor plate is coaxially arranged within an outer cylindrical capacitor plate with the discharge tube being disposed between the capacitor plates in a region substantially equidistant from the ends of the plates so that stored energy in the peripheral regions of the capacitor arrives at the discharge tube at substantially the same time. A switching device is connected between the discharge tube and one of the cylindrical capacitor plates so that the capacitor may be selectively discharged through the discharge tube. A shock tube is arranged to ionize the gas utilized and drive it into the discharge tube with a sequence timing arrangement included to trigger automatically the switching device to initiate the discharge of the capacitor through the discharge tube at the optimum tinne. By disposing the discharge tube symmetrically with respect to the peripheral boundaries of the capacitor plates, adverse inductance and transit time difficulties are minimized. By the use of coaxial capacitor plates, the outer capacitor plate may be held at ground potential and the isolated inner capacitor plate charged so as to achieve safety in operation and absence of corona discharge. (A.G.W.)

• Research Organization: Originating Research Org. not identified
• NSA Number: NSA-18-006399
• Assignee: Space Tech. Labs., Inc.
• Patent Number(s): US 3102088
• OSTI ID: 4129986
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

ACCELERATORS
CAPACITORS
CONFIGURATION
CYLINDERS
ELECTRIC DISCHARGES
ENERGY LEVELS
GASES
HEATING
INDUCTION
PHYSICS
PINCH
PLANNING
SHOCK WAVES