Single and Multiphase Compulsator System Architectures: A Practical Comparison
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2001-01
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Kitzmiller, J.R.
Pappas, J.A.
Pratap, S.B.
Driga, M.D.
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The Center for Electromechanics at the University of Texas at Austin (UT-CEM) has designed, built, and tested three generations of iron-core and air-core compensated pulsed alternators (CPA). These include the iron core, small caliber, cannon caliber, and model scale compulsators. Early CPA were single-phase machines that were optimized for a specific load and desired performance. The most recent machine, the model-scale CPA, is a multiphase alternator coupled to the load through a rectifier. This paper includes a discussion of the requirements and capabilities of both single-phase and multiphase systems, a point design for each system type, and a comparison of system performance in driving a cannon caliber launcher
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J.R. Kitzmiller, J.A. Pappas, S.B. Pratap, and M.D. Driga, “Single and multiphase compulsator system architectures: a practical comparison,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 37, no. 1, January 2001, pp. 367-370.