Closed-cycle magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) generator ducts with various cesium-seeded working fluids

Author

Talaat, Mostafa E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

6-11 Aug 1989

Firstpage

1033

Abstract

Performance evaluations were carried out for constant-velocity flow, segmented-electrode linear magnetoplasmadynamic generator ducts of various designs, yielding the same output power, using as working fluids cesium-seeded He, Ne, Ar, Li, Hg, or Tl. The cesium seed ratio was selected to yield the maximum output power density for each case. Two operative conditions were studied: (1) the inlet static pressure had the same value for all cases; or (2) the inlet duct area was the same for all cases. The evaluations show that the cesium-seeded noble gases lead to better design and performance of the MPD generator ducts than the cesium-seeded condensable vapors (Li, Hg, and Tl), with the most compact design and optimum performance parameters being obtained with He

Keywords

magnetohydrodynamic convertors; magnetohydrodynamic power plants; plasma magnetohydrodynamics; Cs; design; output power density; performance testing; plasma MHD; segmented-electrode linear magnetoplasmadynamic generator; Argon; Difference equations; Ducts; Educational institutions; Electrodes; Helium; Mechanical engineering; Mercury (metals); Power generation; Power systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 1989. IECEC-89., Proceedings of the 24th Intersociety

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECEC.1989.74594

Filename

74594