Abstract:
A flywheel energy storage system, including a plurality of pumps arranged in parallel for simultaneously drawing-off and absorbing substantially all of the gases that evolve from a flywheel assembly during high-speed operation, is disclosed. The plurality of pumps includes at least one pump for pumping mainly water vapor; and, at least one pump for pumping mainly active gases. The at least one pump for pumping mainly water vapor plurality of pumps is disposed in a gas storage chamber that is separate from the main housing of the flywheel system. The at least one pump for pumping mainly active gases is disposed in a container external to the main housing and fluidly coupled to the gas storage chamber. A drag pump assists the plurality of pumps in the gas storage chamber by pumping the evolved gases from the main housing to the gas storage chamber.
Abstract:
A plasma pump and method for pumping ions from a first to second region, the pump including a partition member having a through opening defining a plurality of conduits (30); a group of magnets (24) to provide magnetic forces that extend to the conduits; and a plurality of electric potential sources (14) for creating electrostatic fields which accelerate ions from the conduits to the second region.
Abstract:
A flywheel energy storage system, including a plurality of pumps arranged in parallel for simultaneously drawing-off and absorbing substantially all of the gases that evolve from a flywheel assembly during high-speed operation, is disclosed. The plurality of pumps includes at least one pump, e.g., a water sorbent, for pumping mainly water vapor; and, at least one pump, e.g., a getter pump, for pumping mainly active gases. The plurality of pumps is disposed in a gas storage chamber that is separate from the main housing of the flywheel system. A drag pump assists the plurality of pumps in the gas storage chamber by pumping the evolved gases from the main housing to the gas storage chamber for subsequent absorption by the plurality of pumps. Because the water sorbent has a relatively fast pumping speed, and the getter pump has a relatively slow pumping speed, getter material used with the getter pump degrades at a substantially slower rate, thereby reducing the cost of using the getter pump in the flywheel energy storage system.
Abstract:
An accelerator vacuum pipe for a charged-particle acceleration and storage system having a vacuum zone defined therein is provided with a layer of getter material which can capture residual or generated gas molecules in the pipe-member. The layer of getter material is disposed over the entire inner wall of the vacuum pipe in at least a deflection zone where the charged-particles are deflected.
Abstract:
Method and apparatus for producing electrodes capable of receiving considerable cathode bombardment and which are formed so as to remove gas from an electron tube, are disclosed. The electrodes are formed by powdered metallurgy by mixing getter material powders such as zirconium, titanium or other getter material powders with carbon powder such as graphite and then forming the electrodes by pressing the mixture into a mold with a small amount of pressure and sintering in the range, for example, of 800* to 1,400* centigrade to produce the electrodes which have good gas absorption capability and which can be worked with little difficulty.
Abstract:
A cartridge for a getter pump having a pleated strip comprising a substrate having a non-evaporable getter metal thereon. Adjacent surfaces of the pleated strip are held at a predetermined angle by a spacer between the adjacent surfaces. Getter pumps employing such cartridges exhibit maximum pumping rates. Strips suitable to be pleated are also described.