INVESTIGATION OF NON-EQUILIBRIUM IONIZATION FOR MHD ENERGY CONVERSION.

Abstract

This eighth quarterly reports accomplishments during the period 15 December 1963 to 15 March 1964 on a theoretical and applied research program directed toward prolonging the lifetime of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) energy converters to the range 1000 K to 2000 K. The process of interest is the use of the self-induced electric field in the MHD generator for electricaj breakdown of appropriate working fluids of interest. Work at present is directed toward the use of potassium for Rankine (vapor) cycles. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 15, 1964
Accession Number
AD0434574

Entities

People

  • B. Hoffman

Organizations

  • General Electric

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerosol Generators
  • Chemical Reaction Properties
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Conversion
  • Converters
  • Electric Fields
  • Electrospray
  • Energy
  • Energy Conversion
  • Energy Systems
  • Generators
  • Ionization
  • Potassium

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.