Coal-fired MHD test progress at the component development and integration facility
- MSE, Inc., Butte, MT (United States)
The Component and Development and Integration Facility (CDIF) is a Department of Energy test facility operated by MSE, Inc. MSE personnel were responsible for the integration of topping cycle components for the national coal-fired magnetohydrodynamics development program. Initial facility checkout and baseline data generation testing at the CDIF used a 50-megawatt (MW{sub t}), oil-fired combustor (with ash injection to simulate coal slag carryover) coupled to the 1A{sub 1} supersonic channel. In the fall of 1984, a 50-MW{sub t}, pressurized, slag rejecting coal-fired combustor replaced the oil-fired combustor in the test train. In the spring of 1989, a coal-fired precombustor was added to the workhorse test hardware. In the spring of 1992, workhorse hardware was replaced with the prototypic coal-fired test train. Testing during the last year emphasized prototypic hardware testing targeted at longer duration testing, some intermediate checkout testing, and more reliable operation. These phases of testing and the associated facility modifications are discussed. Progress of the proof-of-concept testing, through the time of testing shutdown, is addressed.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC22-88ID12735
- OSTI ID:
- 381408
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9406163-; TRN: 96:003379-0009
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 32. symposium on engineering aspects of magnetohydrodynamics (SEAM-32), Pittsburgh, PA (United States), 27-30 Jun 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the 32nd symposium on engineering aspects of magnetohydrodynamics; PB: 476 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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