2018 IEEE International Power Modulator and High Voltage Conference

Session

Oral 4 - Novel & Environmental Applications

4O

4 Jun 2018, 15:30

Wrangler/Prospector/Homesteader

128. New High Specific Power Motor Technology for All-Electric Class III UAVs

Mr Oved Zucker

04/06/2018, 15:30

New and Novel Applications of Power Modulators

Oral Presentation

We describe a new class of electric motor/generator technology with specific power in excess of 10kW/kg for a variety of applications including terrestrial and airborne hybrid and all electric propulsion.

The motor concept takes advantage of the fortuitous match between the recently developed low voltage, high current, small footprint MOSFET technology and the elemental (single turn)...

74. Flexible 50KV 18-Stage Solid-State Marx Modulator for Driving Capacitive Loads

Dr Christopher Yeckel (Stangenes Industries)

04/06/2018, 15:45

New and Novel Applications of Power Modulators

Oral Presentation

Many cathode-driven beam injection systems require a low average power highly stable and flexible modulator to generate an electron beam. The stability of the initial lower-power beam is vital to overall system efficiency. Stangenes Industries has developed a modulator system that is comprised of an 18-stage Marx modulator driving the primary of a pulse transformer within the confines of a 19”...

126. Influence of hydrostatic pressure on electrohydraulic discharge and its application in oil well stimulation

Siwei Liu (Huazhong University of Science and Technology)

04/06/2018, 16:00

New and Novel Applications of Power Modulators

Oral Presentation

Due to the inefficiency, high price, and environmental unsafety of the conventional recovery methods, the production decrease of the oil well is an increasingly serious problem all over the world. Therefore, the need for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques to recover a higher proportion of the oil has become imperative. The electrohydraulic shock waves with steep fronts and high intensity...

68. Electro Pulse Boring for Low-cost Access to Deep Geothermal Heat, Anywhere on Earth

Mr William Leighty (The Leighty Foundation)

04/06/2018, 16:15

New and Novel Applications of Power Modulators

Oral Presentation

Affordable access to deep geothermal heat, available anywhere on Earth but at costs depending on geological conditions near the surface and equipment access, is the most promising solution for humanity's need to deeply, then completely, decarbonize its total energy supply, as quickly as we prudently and profitably can. Nascent Electro Pulse Boring (EPB)technology, proven in concept in test...

72. Corona Discharge Induced Rain and Snow Formation in Air

Yong Yang (Huazhong University of Science and Technology)

04/06/2018, 16:45

New and Novel Applications of Power Modulators

Oral Presentation

To influence the weather is a long time dream of mankind. Current cloud seeding technology mostly relies on chemicals such as silver iodide and hygroscopic salts, which may have negative impacts on environment and human health. Here we present a new method for triggering macroscopic water precipitation in air. Experiments demonstrated that high-voltage generated corona discharge was able to...

143. Influence of Density of Ozone and Plasma on OH Radical Generation

Taichi Sugai (Nagaoka University of Technology)

04/06/2018, 17:00

Biological, Medical, and Environmental Applications of Power Modulators

Oral Presentation

We have studied the water purification by pulsed discharge in atmospheric gas including water droplets. The water purification is caused due to decomposition of organic compounds in water by OH radical generated in the pulsed discharge space.
Although there are many reaction path from plasma generation to OH radical reaction with an organic compound, it is not known which path is dominant....