• Title of article

    CharacteristicevaluationofelectromagneticflowcouplersusingaliquidmetalMHDanalysiscodeOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    TakahiroMurakami، نويسنده , , HideoAraseki، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2005
  • Pages
    13
  • From page
    1503
  • To page
    1515
  • Abstract
    Itisknownthatelectromagneticflowcouplershavehighefficiency.Infact,anexperimentusingasmall-scaleannulusmodelshowsthatithasthemaximumefficiencyof60%.However,anotherexperimentusingamiddle-scalesectormodelexhibitsthatthemaximumefficiencyislessthan20%.Inordertoanalyzethisdiscrepancy,acomputercodeforsolvingmagnetohydrodynamicflowsisdevelopedandisappliedtotheevaluationoftheseexperiments.Theobtainedresultsshowthattheefficiencyofthesmall-scaleannulusmodelishighasobservedintheexperimentandthelowefficiencyobservedinthemiddle-scalesectormodelisascribedtotheenergylossduetotheeddycurrentarisingintheendsofthemagneticregionandtheelectriccontactresistancebetweenthestainlesssteelductandthecopperbusbar.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2005
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    894939