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Homopolar motor-generator designs for cheap inertial energy storage

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OSTI ID:4308296
From international meeting on the technology of controlled thermonuclear fusion experiments and the engineering aspects of fusion reactors; Austin, Texas, USA (20 Nov 1972). In technology of controlled thermonuclear fusion experiments and the engineering aspects of fusion reactors. Design studies show that homopolar motor-generators with 50 to 2000 MJ of inertial energy storage can be built for a small fraction of the cost of competitive power sources for the large toroidal magnets of the Texas Turbulent Torus. These dc machines operate as a motor to convert electrical energy into stored rotational kinetic energy and then become a generator to provide a large pulse of power for a short time duration. (auth)
Research Organization:
Univ. of Texas, Austin; Texas Univ., Austin (USA)
NSA Number:
NSA-29-030972
OSTI ID:
4308296
Report Number(s):
CONF-721111--
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
English