HYBRID ENERGY STORAGE MODULES FOR PULSED POWER EFFECTORS WITH MEDIUM VOLTAGE DIRECT CURRENT (MVDC) POWER DISTRIBUTION

A system comprising: a source configured to provide power to a medium-voltage direct current, MVDC, bus; a plurality of rotating electrical machines configured to receive the power from the MVDC bus, the rotating electrical machines arranged in a cascaded configuration, one of the rotating electrical machines configured to act as a slave to another of the rotating electrical machines, each rotating electrical machine mechanically connected to an inertial energy storage; and a plurality of isolated battery or ultra-capacitor subsystems electrically connected to each rotating electrical machine, the battery or ultra-capacitor subsystems configured to receive electrical energy from and provide electrical energy to the each rotating electrical machine and the connected inertial energy storage.