PERFORMANCE OF A LARGE SCALE NONEQUILIBRIUM MHD GENERATOR WITH RARE GASES.
Abstract
An experimental study was performed of the operating characteristics of a large linear, supersonic MHD generator. A shock tunnel was used to heat the test gases, which was primarily a 99 percent neon+1 percent xenon mixture, to stagnation pressures of 1 to 5 atmospheres, temperatures of about 3500K, and electron densities on the order of 10 to the 10th power /cc. The test time of 5 milliseconds, which was about 10 times the traversal time of the gas through the generator, was sufficient to produce quasi-steady state conditions in the channel. It was concluded that electrode conduction losses and shock wave formations were the two major factors limiting the efficiency of this generator. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1970
- Accession Number
- AD0703314
Entities
People
- B. Zauderer
Organizations
- General Electric