MHD power for directed and kinetic energy payloads on hypersonic vehicles

Author

Thibodeaux, Rene ; Hallada, M.R. ; Walter, Robert F. ; Gribble, Joe

fYear

2004

fDate

29-31 July 2004

Firstpage

70

Lastpage

72

Abstract

A hypersonic vehicle flying at high altitudes will provide an easily ionized flow and make magneto hydro dynamic electrical power generation feasible for various high energy demand payloads. A range of MHD system design options were considered in an attempt to match the MHD generator output to several potential military payloads. An MHD-driven wideband high-power microwave (HPM) transmitter on a hypersonic vehicle could possibly be used to illuminate the ground, along the flight path of the vehicle, and detect targets over a wide area.

Keywords

magnetohydrodynamic convertors; magnetohydrodynamic power plants; military aircraft; MHD; MHD generator; directed energy payload; energy demand payloads; flight path; ground illumination; hypersonic vehicles; ionized flow; kinetic energy payloads; magneto hydro dynamic electrical power generation; military payloads; military vehicle; wideband high-power microwave transmitter; Kinetic energy; Land vehicles; Magnetohydrodynamic power generation; Payloads; Power generation; Road vehicles; Transmitters; Vehicle detection; Vehicle dynamics; Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 2002. IECEC '02. 2002 37th Intersociety

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7296-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECEC.2002.1391978

Filename

1391978