AGGREGATE SUSPENDED PARTICLE ELECTRIC CHARGE COLLECTOR

ASPECC MAKES USE OF THE EXPONENTIALLY LARGE INCREASE IN SURFACE AREA WHICH ACCOMPANIES A FRACTIONATED SPECIFIC VOLUME. THOUGH THE MATH INDICATES VOLTAGES AS HIGH AS 10E9 AT 10E6 JOULES FOR SOME OF THE EXAMPLES DESCRIBED HEREIN, PHASE I AND II OF THIS PROJECT WILL ONLY PURSUE THE TESTING OF AN ASPECC AT 100 TO 300 VOLTS DUE TO TECHNICAL LIMITS OF PRESENTLY AVAILABLE MATERIALS. SINCE ELECTRIC CHARGE CAN BE STORED AS A DIRECT FUNCTION OF SURFACE AREA X CHARGE, THE TOTAL CHARGE STORAGE CAN BE INCREASED BY THE SURFACE AREA IMPROVEMENT FACTOR. THIS TECHNOLOGY IS APPLICABLE TO ELECTROSTATIC PROPULSION AND MUNITIONS, X-RAY AND ION BEAM DEVICES, AND LASERS. PHASE I WILL PROVIDE A PAPER STUDY RELATIVE TO TECHNICAL PROBLEM RESOLUTION, DESIGN AND MATERIALS SELECTION. PHASE II WILL PROVIDE FOR A PROTOTYPE CONSTRUCTION AND TESTING OF A LOW VOLTAGE HIGH CHARGE ASPECC. PHASE III WILL ATTEMPT TECHNICAL APPLICATION OF THE TECHNOLOGY TO PULSE POWER DEVICES, LASERS, AND ELECTROSTATIC WEAPONS.