MAGNETOHYDROHYNAMIC POWER GENERATION EXPERIMENT,

Abstract

An experimental study was conducted to show the feasibility of generating electrical power with the plasma jet created by a 2500 KW AC Air Arc. The arc utilized is located in the GE - M. S.V.D. Arc Test Cell. A maximum power of 900 watts was generated with a 0.4 ohm resistive load. A magnetic field strength of 8600 gauss was utilized, and the plasma was seeded with potassium carbonate to increase its electrical conductivity. With the magnetic field, but without seeding, a maximum power of 33 watts was generated. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 14, 1959
Accession Number
AD0607206

Entities

People

  • A. E. Were
  • F. C. Foshag

Organizations

  • General Electric

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carbonates
  • Conductivity
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Electrical Conductivity
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Physical Properties
  • Plasma Jets
  • Potassium

Readers

  • Electronics Engineering
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.