Phase Four, the creator of the radio-frequency thruster (RF thruster) for satellite propulsion, announced today that it has successfully demonstrated operation of its RF thruster using the Air Force ...

One of the hidden complications of upgrading grain drying and handling systems is providing enough electricity to power the new larger electric motors. Electric motors that are larger than 15 hp ...

PCMs are materials that absorb and release thermal energy through changes in their physical state. They can be categorized as liquid-gas, solid-solid, solid-gas, and solid-liquid, depending on their ...

Phase Four's new Maxwell Block 2 electric thruster (left) next to its original Block 1 thruster. Credit: Phase Four WASHINGTON — Phase Four announced June 16 two new electric propulsion systems that ...

The difference between a controller and converter design. Why you want to use a controller versus a converter design. It’s become trendy to multiphase or stack devices as power requirements across ...

The best candidate for next-generation magnetic devices—technology that can power, store, sense or transport information—may be, counterintuitively, antiferromagnets. Today, the most widely used ...

The design of a closed-loop switch-mode power supply creates a path between the variable a designer wants to monitor and the control pin of the designer's converter. This control pin can be the peak ...

Phase Four, a best in class provider of electric radio frequency (RF) thrusters for in-space propulsion Phase Four, the creator of the radio-frequency thruster (RF thruster) for satellite propulsion, ...