• DocumentCode
    1021685
  • Title

    Impedance characteristics of an AC MHD generator

  • Author

    Kijewski, L.J. ; Fanucci, J.B. ; Ness, N.

  • Author_Institution
    RCA, Moorestown, N. J.
  • Volume
    11
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1964
  • fDate
    1/1/1964 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    14
  • Lastpage
    20
  • Abstract
    A study is made of those parameters, associated with the impedance of an ac MHD generator, which affect the power factor. It has been found that the addition of a ferromagnetic material in the region external to the plasma causes a significant increase in the power factor. An expression for the actual electrical power extracted from the generator, as determined by electrical impedance methods, is shown to be identical to the expression derived by considering Lorentz forces on elements of the fluid for a particular approximation mentioned in the report.
  • Keywords
    Electrodes; Impedance; Induction generators; Kinetic energy; Magnetic fields; Magnetic materials; Magnetohydrodynamic power generation; Plasma materials processing; Power generation; Reactive power;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9383
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/T-ED.1964.15273
  • Filename
    1473661