Counterpulse railgun energy recovery circuit

Patent · Fri Sep 28 00:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:5687208

Honig, E M

The invention presented relates to a high-power pulsing circuit and more particularly to a repetitive pulse inductive energy storage and transfer circuit for an electromagnetic launcher. In an electromagnetic launcher such as a railgun for propelling a projectile at high velocity, a counterpulse energy recovery circuit is employed to transfer stored inductive energy from a source inductor to the railgun inductance to propel the projectile down the railgun. Switching circuitry and an energy transfer capacitor are used to switch the energy back to the source inductor in readiness for a repetitive projectile propelling cycle.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• Assignee: Dept of Energy
• Patent Number(s): None
• Application Number: ON: DE85011603
• OSTI ID: 5687208
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

25 ENERGY STORAGE
250100 -- Energy Storage-- Magnetic
42 ENGINEERING
420800* -- Engineering-- Electronic Circuits & Devices-- (-1989)
ACCELERATORS
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
ENERGY RECOVERY
ENERGY STORAGE
EQUIPMENT
FUNCTION GENERATORS
HIGH-VOLTAGE PULSE GENERATORS
INDUCTION
INVENTIONS
MAGNETIC ENERGY STORAGE
PULSE CIRCUITS
PULSE GENERATORS
RAILGUN ACCELERATORS
RECOVERY
STORAGE
SWITCHING CIRCUITS