Self-imploding liner system for magnetic field compression
US4252605A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 15, 1977 |
| Grant date | Feb 24, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 15, 1997 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E30/10
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for compressing a lower strength magnetic field to produce high flux densities, such as about one megagauss, employing a hollow, rotating, electrically conductive liquid liner to trap the magnetic flux, and in which the rotating liner is magnetically forced to implode. Energy to drive the implosion is derived from the rotational energy of the liner. Energy may be recovered subsequently as rotational energy upon expansion or rebound of the liner.
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