Superconducting apparatus for converting microwaves into work
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorG. John Dick
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Abstract
A superconducting microwave engine that achieves mechanical to microwave rgy conversion or microwave to mechanical energy conversion. Such is accomplished by employing a superconducting resonator to increase the decay time of the microwaves inside the resonator and thereby provide the resonator with sufficient time to adiabatically deform and change its eigenfrequency so as to effect a change in the frequency and corresponding energy state of such microwaves in accordance with the Boltzmann-Ehrenfest Theorm. This invention may be in the form of a cylindrical cavity and piston combination, a cavity and vibrating diaphragm combination, or a cylindrical cavity and concentric rotor combination.
Claims10
A superconducting microwave engine comprising:
- a. a cavity with superconducting walls;
- b. injection means for injecting microwaves into said cavity;
- c. transfer means for transferring microwaves out of said cavity;
- d. said cavity being deformable;
- e. derivation means for deriving work from the deformation of the cavity;
- whereby
- f. microwaves are injected into said cavity by said injection means, said cavity is deformed by said microwaves resulting in a decrease in the energy state of said microwaves, work is derived from said cavity deformation by said derivation means, whereupon said microwaves are transferred out of said cavity by said transfer means.
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