Title :
A superconducting microwave engine
Author_Institution :
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
fDate :
3/1/1975 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
In this paper a new technique of electromechanical energy conversion is proposed. This technique would make use of the high Q´s attainable in superconducting resonators to achieve direct mechanical to microwave energy conversion with a net efficiency greater than 90% a value which is far higher than that obtained by conventional techniques. In addition, if surface magnetic and electric field levels are limited by the critical fields obtained in fixed resonators, power densities would be achieved which are large enough to make such a machine a practical means both for generating microwave energy and for re-converting the microwave again to mechanical energy for power transmission purposes.
Keywords :
Energy conversion; Microwave generation; Superconducting cavity resonators; Energy conversion; Engines; High power microwave generation; Mechanical energy; Microwave generation; Microwave theory and techniques; Power generation; Superconducting magnets; Superconducting microwave devices; Superconducting transmission lines;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMAG.1975.1058575