RESEARCH PROGRAM ON CLOSED-CYCLE MAGNETOPLASMADYNAMIC ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION WITH NONEQUILIBRIUM IONIZATION.
Abstract
A closed-cycle loop including compressor, heaters, generator, coolers, and auxiliary equipment and capable of operation with cesiumseeded helium, neon or argon was designed and constructed. In the second part of the program a theory of magnetically induced non-equilibrium ionization in an MPD generator was developed. The theory predicts the electrical conductivity and the corresponding internal electric field required to attain that conductivity in an ionized seeded noble gas when it is in the nonequilibrium state. Expressions are derived for the magnetic field intensity required to generate the internal electjic field and the corresponding electrical conductivity for segmented electrode Faraday and Hall generators and for Faraday generators. In the third part of the program, involving the study and analysis of closed cycle MPD power generation, the equations governing the behavior of a conducting gas in the generator were solved for conditions compatible with the utilization of non-equilibrium ionization. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1964
- Accession Number
- AD0439268
Entities
People
- W. B. Bienert
Organizations
- Glenn L. Martin Company