SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET RESEARCH AND APPLICATION TO MHD POWER GENERATORS

Abstract

An investigation was undertaken of the recently developed superconducting magnets and their application to MHD power generators for space use. The work includes theoretical analysis of an MHD generator with particular emphasis on the magnetic field requirements and a study of the problems of superconducting magnet design to fulfill these requirements. To attain this end, models of a superconducting magnet, cooling equipment and an MHD generator are analyzed. The total power system including a reactor heat source and radiator is then optimized on a power to-weight basis to find the optimum magnetic field. With this completed, a comparison is made between superconducting magnets and conventional magnets to illustrate the advantages or disadvantages of both.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 10, 1963
Accession Number
AD0405829

Entities

Organizations

  • Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Crystal Structure
  • Electron Mobility
  • Electrons
  • Energy
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Coefficients
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Plasma Accelerators
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Thermodynamic Properties
  • Thermodynamics
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Superconducting Magnet Technology
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster