RESEARCH ON NEW CONCEPTS IN ENERGY CONVERSION.

Abstract

Contents: Magnetohydrodynamic power generation with liquid metals; Liquid-metal magnetohydrodynamic generators; Magnetohydrodynamic channel flow; Systems with alkali-metal vapor generators; Thermionic emission from a tungsten crystal; Bonding mechanism of alkali-metal atoms adsorbed on metal surfaces; Volume ionization mechanisms in thermionic diodes; Condensing ejector test facility; Boundary-layer analysis of turbulent magnetohydrodynamic channel flows; Preliminary experimental results on an MHD induction generator; Thermionic characteristics of the (110) and (112) directions of tungsten in cesium vapor.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 15, 1965
Accession Number
AD0618071

Entities

People

  • G. A. Brown
  • J. L. Kerrebrock
  • R. E. Stickney
  • W. D. Jackson

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkali Metals
  • Boundary Layer
  • Channel Flow
  • Emission
  • Energy Conversion
  • Flow
  • Generators
  • Liquid Metals
  • Liquids
  • Magnetohydrodynamic Generators
  • Metal Vapors
  • Metals
  • Test Facilities
  • Thermionic Emission
  • Tungsten
  • Vapors

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Plasma Physics.