A Fifth-Coordinate Phase Capacitor Bank for Pulsed Energy Storage
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: The design presented in this paper is a fifth-coordinate phase capacitor bank intended for supplying short high-current pulses to pulsed-power loads. Its operating principle is that a wound dielectric capacitor whose effective capacitance is raised by a phase factor attributed to displacement along the fifth coordinate, storing energy electrostatically and releasing it in a ten-millisecond pulse. The design is computed from stated assumptions throughout; it is simulated, not measured, and no prototype results are reported. The headline result is a stored energy per module of 13.8 J, obtained with charging voltage of 400 V with a computed efficiency or performance coefficient of 96 per cent where that measure applies, for a unit of mass 2 kg whose characteristic scale is a plate separation of 5e-06 m. A parameter sweep reported in the Results section shows how the output moves when the principal variable is changed, and the density of the working material, 2.6e+03 kg per cubic metre, sits about 54.6 orders of magnitude below the neutron-carrier density bound of 9.72e+57 kg per cubic metre, so the bound enters this design as a sizing ceiling and a margin statement rather than as an operating condition. The limitations are stated plainly: the phase factor is an assumption of the design, not an established material property; if it is absent the bank stores the lower unmodified value and the pulse rating falls in proportion. Status: SIMULATED, NOT MEASURED.
Author: Aldred, William Alexander
Language: English
Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7225808197