Selection of Optimal Conditions at the Channel Inlet on an MHD-Generator,

Abstract

Analysis of the optimal inlet parameters for an MHD channel employing combustion products of kerosene and gaseous oxygen. The analysis is performed for an ideally sectioned channel and for a channel with solid electrodes of finite length. It is shown that at low chamber pressures, the optimum inlet pressure for the sectioned channel is lower by an order of magnitude than that for the channel with solid electrodes. This difference decreases with increasing chamber pressures. A chamber pressure of roughly 2 atm abs is optimal for maximum power, while a pressure of 18 atm abs is optimum for specific volumetric power. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 28, 1972
Accession Number
AD0748750

Entities

People

  • E. Nazarov
  • I. Shakhnov
  • K. Donskoi
  • Yu. Dunaev

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combustion
  • Combustion Products
  • Electrodes
  • Generators
  • Kerosene

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Plasma Physics.