Compulsator provides an excellent approach to achieve compact energy storage and pulsed power generation for several multi-MJ, multi-GW applications, including electromagnetic launchers, directed energy systems, and fusion reactors. There is a continuous research effort toward increasing the power capability and compactness of this machine since its invention. In general, specific machine designs aim to maximize the output current and power by minimizing the transient inductance of the armature winding. The field and the inductance of the armature winding are some of the most important parameters in the compulsator design. This article presents the development of a generic method to analyze the magnetic fields and inductances of the armature windings in compulsators based on fundamental principles. It derives analytical models for inductance calculation in various types of alternators as unified terms of simplified formulas. These are used for the design, analysis, and optimization of all air-core, iron-core, compensated, and uncompensated pulsed alternators (PAs). By comparing the distribution of armature reaction fields and the self-inductances in compulsators having different configurations, this article investigates the basic relationships between the topology of the alternator and the fields and inductances. This is not limited only to the study of PAs but it can also be used in both slotless and air-core conventional machines.

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不同拓扑结构的强制器电枢磁场和电感的分析比较


Compulsator 提供了一种出色的方法，可以为多种多兆焦耳、多吉瓦的应用（包括电磁发射器、定向能系统和聚变反应堆）实现紧凑型能量存储和脉冲发电。自发明以来，人们一直致力于提高该机器的功率能力和紧凑性。一般来说，特定的机器设计旨在通过最小化电枢绕组的瞬态电感来最大化输出电流和功率。电枢绕组的磁场和电感是强制器设计中最重要的参数之一。本文介绍了一种基于基本原理来分析强制器中电枢绕组的磁场和电感的通用方法的开发。它导出了各种类型交流发电机电感计算的解析模型作为简化公式的统一项。这些用于所有空芯、铁芯、补偿和无补偿脉冲交流发电机 (PA) 的设计、分析和优化。通过比较不同结构的强制器中电枢反应场的分布和自感，研究了交流发电机的拓扑结构与磁场和自感之间的基本关系。这不仅限于 PA 的研究，还可以用于无槽和空芯传统机器。