RESEARCH PROGRAM ON CLOSED-CYCLE MAGNETOPLASMADYNAMIC ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION WITH NONEQUILIBRIUM IONIZATION.

Abstract

The objective of this program is to demonstrate the feasibility of non-equilibrium ionization as a means of effectively increasing the conductivity of the working fluid in a magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) power generator. At the present time nonequilibrium ionization is the only practical method of achieving high output power densities at gas temperatures suitable for long life operation with materials now available. In support of the experimental part of this program and to guide in the selection of experimental conditions, two programs are being carried out: one involving the process of non-equilibrium ionization, and the other involving the study and analysis of closed-cycle MPD power generation under conditions compatible with the utilization of non-equilibrium ionization in a MPD duct. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0430548

Entities

People

  • W. B. Bienert

Organizations

  • Glenn L. Martin Company

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Reaction Properties
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Conductivity
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Generators
  • Ionization
  • Long Life
  • Materials

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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