Pulsed e-field propulsion system

The present invention discloses an electric field propulsion system for spacecraft. The system includes a capacitor stack comprising an array of supercapacitors. Solid-state electronic circuits generate modulated currents and electric fields in pulse coils. The pulse coils direct the electric fields...

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1. Verfasser:	Purvis, James W
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AIRCRAFT ALLOYS AVIATION BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS BLASTING CAPACITORS CAPACITORS, RECTIFIERS, DETECTORS, SWITCHING DEVICES ORLIGHT-SENSITIVE DEVICES, OF THE ELECTROLYTIC TYPE CHEMISTRY CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER COSMONAUTICS ELECTRIC MACHINES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ELECTRICITY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS GENERATION HEATING INDUCTANCES LIGHTING MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS MAGNETS MECHANICAL ENGINEERING METALLURGY OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR PERFORMING OPERATIONS PRODUCING A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES TRANSFORMERS TRANSPORTING TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR WEAPONS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS MOTORS
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Zusammenfassung:	The present invention discloses an electric field propulsion system for spacecraft. The system includes a capacitor stack comprising an array of supercapacitors. Solid-state electronic circuits generate modulated currents and electric fields in pulse coils. The pulse coils direct the electric fields onto separated electric charges stored in the capacitor stack. The resulting unidirectional Lorentz Forces thereby generate thrust without reaction mass. Reaction momentum is carried away by Poynting Vector fields in conformity with the currently understood principles of electrodynamics. The design is scalable down to micro-chip sized thrusters.