Inquiry for the Technical Feasibility Assessment of a New Design of MHD Generator

Author

Delogu, Rita S. ; Mauro, Manuela Di ; Montisci, Augusto

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Cagliari Univ.

fYear

0

fDate

0-0 0

Firstpage

319

Lastpage

319

Abstract

In this paper a preliminary study for the functioning of a new magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) generator is presented. Unlike the MHD generators so far studied, the proposed device does not need an external magnetic field to work, but it performs the energy conversion by means of the induction principle. This is possible thanks to a pulsed ionization of the fluid current, carried out with an electrode dipped in the fluid current, followed by a charge separation with a stationary electric field. In this work, the basic idea of the generator is described and the preliminary results of fluid dynamics and magnetic phenomena analysis are given

Keywords

electric fields; electric generators; electrodes; magnetohydrodynamics; MHD generator; charge separation; electrode; energy conversion; external magnetic field; fluid current; fluid dynamics; induction principle; magnetohydrodynamic generator; pulsed ionization; stationary electric field; Design engineering; Magnetohydrodynamic power generation; US Department of Transportation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetic Field Computation, 2006 12th Biennial IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Miami, FL

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0320-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CEFC-06.2006.1633109

Filename

1633109