High-Voltage Power Supply for Electromagnetic Railguns

April 13, 2015 By admin Comments are Off

Diversified Technologies, Inc. (DTI) has introduced a new, ultra-compact high-voltage power supply that provides an order of magnitude increase in power density over commercially available high-power capacitor-charging supplies. This power supply was developed to power the US Navy Electromagnetic Railgun (EMRG) energy storage system under the Navy’s Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR).

The DTI PowerMod™ 300 kW Compact Power Supply provides over 10 times the power density over commercially available units; making it well-suited for shipboard and mobile systems requiring high power in a small footprint. All control systems utilize noise-immune fiber-optic interfaces for EM isolation and this power supply is fully protected against over-voltages, fast transients, and short circuits.

Offering power levels from 100kW to 300kW, the DTI PowerMod™ Compact Power Supply can be configured in multiple units, operated in parallel for higher power requirements. Depending upon configuration and quantity, they can produce high voltage dc power for a cost as low as 50 cents per watt. The DTI PowerMod™ 300kW Compact Power Supply was developed under Navy SBIR N00024-13-C-4067.

source: http://www.powerpulse.net/story.php?storyID=31974

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