A new source of “kilocycle kilowatts”

Many applications of “kilocycle kilowatts” (electric power at frequencies of 1,000 to 100,000 cycles per second) have not been feasible because of the high cost of equipment for generating such power. In this paper, a new source of kilocycle power employing an electronic tube called the arc tube is described. The cost of the arc tube and its associated equipment is lower than that of other sources of kilocycle power; its frequency is readily adjustable.