DocumentCode
3204648
Title
Efficiency analysis of a Magnetohydrodynamic accelerator
Author
Anwari, Makbul
Author_Institution
Dept. of Energy Conversion Eng., Univ. Teknol. Malaysia, Skudai
fYear
2007
fDate
25-28 Nov. 2007
Firstpage
923
Lastpage
927
Abstract
A numerical study on the efficiency of a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) accelerator with diagonal electrode configuration is discussed in this contribution. The numerical simulation is conducted by setting constant diagonal angle along the channel. The magnetohyrodynamic augmented propulsion experiment (MAPX) channel designed and developed at NASA MSFC is used ti investigate the MHD accelerator performance. Equilibrium air-plasma composed of diatomic molecule of nitrogen and oxygen is applied as working gas in the acceleration process.
Keywords
accelerometers; magnetohydrodynamics; numerical analysis; propulsion; diagonal electrode configuration; diatomic molecule; efficiency analysis; magnetohydrodynamic accelerator; magnetohydrodynamic augmented propulsion experiment channel; numerical simulation; Acceleration; Intelligent systems; Magnetic analysis; Magnetohydrodynamics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Intelligent and Advanced Systems, 2007. ICIAS 2007. International Conference on
Conference_Location
Kuala Lumpur
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-1355-3
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-1356-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICIAS.2007.4658521
Filename
4658521
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