Preliminary Faraday performance of a large MHD generator at high magnetic field
Abstract
The High Performance Demonstration Experiment showed that an MHD generator simulating a commercial scale device can convert 16 to 18% of the available thermal energy into electrical power. Results have been obtained with the channel in the Faraday configuration and magnetic field strengths ranging from 1.5 to 3.5 Tesla; a maximum Faraday power of 23 MW was produced representing an enthalpy extraction of 9%. An analysis is presented of the electrical and aerodynamic characteristics of the channel including the voltage drop in the cold plasma layers near the electrode walls.
- Publication:
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AIAA, Aerospace Sciences Meeting
- Pub Date:
- January 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981aiaa.meetR....S
- Keywords:
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- Faraday Effect;
- High Field Magnets;
- Magnetohydrodynamic Generators;
- Commercial Energy;
- Electric Power Plants;
- Plasma Electrodes;
- Plasma Physics