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Flux Compression Generators

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: W9113M-11-C-0041
Agency Tracking Number: A2-4502
Amount: $382,382.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: A10-029
Solicitation Number: 2010.1
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2010
Award Year: 2011
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2011-04-26
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
1300 Eubank Blvd. SE
Albuquerque, NM -
United States
DUNS: 061270682
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Bruce Freeman
 Program Manager and Engin
 (505) 938-4192
 bfreeman@ktech.com
Business Contact
 Mary Rice
Title: Contracts Manager
Phone: (505) 998-6020
Email: maryrice@ktech.com
Research Institution
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Abstract

The US Army has programs that require very compact explosive drive power supplies. One such power supply is the Flux Compression Generator (FCG). Flux compression generators convert the chemical energy of explosives into electrical energy by compressing an initial magnetic field. A major advantage of FCGs is that they can be relatively small and can fit into platforms of interest, unlike conventional power supplies such as battery powered Marx generators. Unfortunately, as the size of FCGs decrease, they have higher losses due, in part, to size and tolerance scaling. However, it may be possible to take advantage of this characteristic for higher losses to couple part of the energy that would have been lost out of the flux-trapped region into Radio Frequency (RF) energy. For Army platforms of interest, the geometries of interest are 1.5 inches (40 mm) in diameter and 1 inch (25 mm) in length. We propose to explore innovative ways to convert energy typically lost due to mechanisms such as stator clocking and flux pocketing.

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