Homopolar generator power supply system

Patent · Tue Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:5903959

Weldon, W F; Gully, J H

A high-energy, high-current homopolar generator pulsed power supply system that is compact and field portable. The power supply system includes a homopolar generator (HPG), an auxiliary supply and drive system, both mounted on a skid frame, and a control system coupled to the HPG and drive system. The homopolar generator has a split rotor with insulation between the halves and a recess in the periphery. A stator ring and field coil, for producing a magnetic field through which the rotor halves make two simultaneous voltage-generating passes, are disposed within the recess in the rotor. Air-actuated brush mechanisms inside and outside the recess contact surfaces of the rotor and collect discharge current. The auxiliary supply and drive system includes a motoring system comprising hydraulic motors for driving the HPG to speed, a bearing lubrication system, a generator for energizing the field coil, and a brush actuator air supply system, all of which are driven by a prime mover. The control system comprises a logic controller for executing a prescribed sequence of steps including turning on the prime mover, initiating motoring of the HPG, energizing the field coil, and initiating the discharge of electrical current.

• Assignee: The Board of Regents, The University of Texas
• Patent Number(s): US 4544874
• OSTI ID: 5903959
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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200302* -- Power Transmission & Distribution-- DC Systems-- (1989-)
24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS
CONTROL SYSTEMS
DESIGN
ELECTRIC COILS
ELECTRIC GENERATORS
ELECTRIC MOTORS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
FLUID MECHANICS
HOMOPOLAR GENERATORS
HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT
MECHANICS
MOTORS
OPERATION
PNEUMATICS
PORTABLE EQUIPMENT
POWER SUPPLIES