DocumentCode
1381816
Title
Electrical and pressure losses in a magnetohydrodynamic channel due to end current loops
Author
Sutton, George W. ; Hurwitz, H. ; Poritsky, H.
Author_Institution
General Electric Company, Philadelphia, Pa.
Volume
80
Issue
6
fYear
1962
Firstpage
687
Lastpage
695
Abstract
End electrical and pressure losses are calculated for d-c magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) power generators, accelerators, or induction pumps having a geometry of a rectangular parallelopiped with the electric field, magnetic field, and fluid flow mutually perpendicular. For an MHD generator, having a cubic geometry, the maximum conversion efficiency is only 29%. This can be improved by increasing the length of the generator, inserting vanes, and extending the magnetic field, so that efficiencies of 90% should be attainable.
Keywords
Electrodes; Equations; Fluids; Generators; Magnetic fields; Power systems; Pumps;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Part I: Communication and Electronics, Transactions of the
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0097-2452
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TCE.1962.6373179
Filename
6373179
Link To Document