Study on the Feasibility of Fabricating Miniature Compressed Magnetic Field Current Generators and the Effects on Generator Efficiency

摘要

The feasibility of fabricating efficient miniature compressed magnetic field (CMF) current generators was investigated. Four small CMF generators 0.5 to 14 cm sup 3 were built and tested at Mound. They were reduced from a previously tested generator chosen as the baseline size. A scaling factor of S = 2/3 was used to proportionately reduce the linear dimensions of each generator to the next smaller size. These devices were tested with uniformly scaled electrical loads, and the output currents generated by the devices were observed. From these output currents the peak energies delivered to the loads were calculated and compared to the initial energy inputs to measure efficiency. The feasibility of fabricating miniature CMF generators was demonstrated, although some efficiency was lost and performance was not as uniform as desired. Additional studies with tighter dimensional tolerances will be performed in an attempt to resolve these problems. 12 refs., 13 figs., 8 tabs. (ERA citation 14:003069)