Design and Analysis of a Modular Pulsed Alternator Power System for Driving 32-MJ Muzzle Energy Railgun

Shumei Cui; Shaofei Wang; Shaopeng Wu; Sergei Yurievich Ostanin; Igor M. Milyaev

doi:10.1109/TPS.2017.2695225

Design and Analysis of a Modular Pulsed Alternator Power System for Driving 32-MJ Muzzle Energy Railgun

Shumei Cui^*
, Shaofei Wang
, Shaopeng Wu
, Sergei Yurievich Ostanin
, Igor M. Milyaev

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Electrical Engineering and Automation

Harbin Institute of Technology
Moscow Power Engineering Institute
Russian Academy of Sciences

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This paper explores the use of pulsed alternators driving a railgun with 32-MJ muzzle energy. A series of modular pulsed alternator power system (MPAPS) with the different number of modules is designed and analyzed based on the scaling laws. The system performances are simulated using MATLAB. Taking into account all system performances, especially the output current pulse-shape flexibility, the MPAPS composed of six alternators is selected. The six modules are divided into three pairs of matched contra-rotating pulsed alternators; each pair has the independent firing time. By optimizing the voltage and the firing time of each pair, a relatively flat-topped current pulse is produced. The average-to-peak acceleration ratio of railgun reaches 0.67. Therefore, this design of MPAPS is an option for a long-range railgun.

Original language	English
Article number	7938410
Pages (from-to)	1128-1133
Number of pages	6
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
Volume	45
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2017.2695225
State	Published - Jul 2017

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Modular
pulsed alternators
pulsed power supply
railgun

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