Continued development of homopolar generator (HPG) technology by the Center for Electromechanics at the University of Texas at Austin (CEM-UT) will be aided by the installation of a 400 m/s slip ring velocity, controlled atmosphere, high current HPG for brush testing purposes. This HPG will be rated at 4.6 MJ, 36 V, 1 MA and have the capability of testing actively cooled brushes in varying environments. Inductive and resistive loads will be used for output current pulse shaping with an extensive battery of instrumentation and control equipment available for data collection and evaluation. Operating characteristics, brush testing envelope dimensions, and HPG design parameters are presented. Additional information on component designs and status of fabrication of the HPG is included.


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    Title :

    Design of a homopolar generator for 400 m/s ring velocity brush testing


    Additional title:

    Entwurf eines Homopolar-Generators fuer 400 m pro sek Schluepfring-Geschwindigkeitsbuersten-Test


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1986


    Size :

    6 Seiten, 4 Bilder, 3 Tabellen, 4 Quellen



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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