Open AccessDEWPOINT. Final report
Author(s) -
R.A.J. Riddle
Publication year - 1994
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/83822
Subject(s) - electric power , beam (structure) , nuclear engineering , power (physics) , aerospace engineering , amplifier , environmental science , engineering , electrical engineering , physics , civil engineering , cmos , quantum mechanics
The DEWPOINT (Directed Energy POwer INTegration) program was aimed at providing the large amounts of electric power required for a laser or accelerator based in space, or on an aircraft or satellite platform. This is our final report on our efforts as a part of this program which was cancelled before completion. This report summarizes the entire scope of effort funded by this program. It also includes some related information on cryogenically cooled microchannel heatsinks which was funded internally by LLNL. Specifically, the DEWPOINT program was to provide the electrical power for the proposed Neutral Particle Beam weapon system of the Strategic Defense Initiative. The Neutral Particle Beam called for a space-based accelerator driven by radio frequency power sources. The radio frequency solid-state power amplifiers generate waste heat which must be dissipated