RESEARCH ON NEW CONCEPTS IN ENERGY CONVERSION.

Abstract

Brief summaries are given of progress on the following projects: Liquid-metal pumps for magnetohydrodynamic power generation; Liquid-metal magnetohydrodynamic generators; Alkali-metal vapor magnetohydrodynamic generator; Segmented-electrode generator experiment; Thermionic emission from a tungsten crystal; Bonding mechanisms of alkali-metal atoms adsorbed on metal surfaces; Volume ionization mechanisms and transport properties of thermionic diodes; Collisionless thermionic converters. Also included are the following detailed reports: Steam-water condensing ejector test facility; Magnetohydrodynamic channel flow velocity profiles and entry length; Thermionic emission from a tungsten monocrystal in oxygen; Characteristics of a pure alkalimetal vapor plasma; Brayton cycle magnetohydrodynamic power generation.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 15, 1965
Accession Number
AD0622945

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
  • Brayton Cycles
  • Channel Flow
  • Emission
  • Energy Conversion
  • Generators
  • Liquid Metal Pumps
  • Liquid Metals
  • Magnetohydrodynamic Generators
  • Metal Vapors
  • Metals
  • Test Facilities
  • Thermionic Converters
  • Thermionic Emission
  • Transport Properties

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Plasma Physics.