The ENIN-2 Experimental Open-Cycle MHD Generator Rig,

Abstract

An experimental rig has been set up to study the processes taking place in the duct of an open-cycle MHD generator. The installation consists of a combustion chamber unit in which natural gas is oxidized in an air atmosphere enriched with oxygen (to pure O2) with ionizing seeds of different types. The pressure in the duct can go up to 50 atm and the temperature to 3500K. Both the oxygen and the gas are collected in containers of 14 and 3.5 tons capacity, respectively. As the combustion products pass into the duct, the nozzle system can vary the Mach number from subsonic to approximately 3. The duct has a rectangular cross-section. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 25, 1972
Accession Number
AD0751251

Entities

People

  • D. G. Zhimerin
  • V. A. Bashilov
  • V. P. Motulevich

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheres
  • Chambers
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Chambers
  • Combustion Products
  • Containers
  • Engines
  • Exothermic Reactions
  • Generators
  • Heat Engines
  • Heat Transfer Devices
  • Ignition
  • Mach Number
  • Natural Gas

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Plasma Physics.