Coal-fired MHD combustor development project: Phase IIIB. Second quarterly technical progress report, 1 May-17 August, 1982
The second quarterly technical progress report of the Coal-Fired MHD Combustor Development Project (Phase IIIB) presents the accomplishments for the period 1 May to 17 August 1982. The scope of work covered by this quarterly report relates to the successful completion in August 1982 of the integrated power train test at the AVCO Everett Research Laboratory (AERL). The coal-fired power generation test series marks another major milestone in the development of a commercial coal-fired open-cycle MHD power train. Progress during this reporting period included the following: combustor installation and flow train integration at AERL was accomplished without incident; 200 kW of power for 20 minutes was generated with a peak power output of 250 kW; achieved the project goal of greater than 70% slag recovery (85%) with Montana Rosebud coal; a successful correlation of PEM conductivity results with those measured by the MHD channel was attained; and a characterization of slagging coal-fired combustor/channel performance for future data correlation with oil-fired ash-injected combustor was achieved.
- Research Organization:
- TRW Energy Development Group, Redondo Beach, CA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC22-81PC40502
- OSTI ID:
- 6744704
- Report Number(s):
- MHD-III-82-101; ON: DE83000143
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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