Dynamic properties of nonequilibrium plasma in disk MHD generator
Abstract
The realization of the stable plasma due to the fully ionized seed has been dynamically confirmed in a channel of the closed cycle disk generator by solving time-dependent MHD equations. The relaxation process is examined near the inlet of the disk generator. In the stable state, as the load resistance increases, the width of the relaxation region becomes narrower and, as a result, the uniformity of the plasma in a whole channel becomes better. The influences of the inlet conditions on changes of the relaxation reion are also examined.
- Publication:
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Journal of Propulsion and Power
- Pub Date:
- December 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985JPP.....1..425K
- Keywords:
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- Magnetohydrodynamic Generators;
- Nonequilibrium Plasmas;
- Plasma Dynamics;
- Electrical Resistance;
- Electron Energy;
- Hydrodynamic Equations;
- Inlet Temperature;
- Steady State;
- Plasma Physics