Study of the design model of a liquid metal induction pump
- Univ. of Bologna (Italy). Dept. of Electrical Engineering
The determination of the geometry and of the electrical configuration of an MHD device gives rise to an inverse magnetohydrodynamic field problem. Here, the design of an electromagnetic pump for liquid metal is optimized. The model includes both electrodynamics and fluid-dynamics of the liquid metal. End effects are included in the model, in order to take into account the finite length of the pump and consequently the decrease of efficiency. For the Electrodynamic model, the permeability of the ferromagnetic core is assumed to be infinite. A finite slot configuration of the primary windings is assumed. In the design problem considered, the optimization regards the electrical supply system, the pump dimensions and the slot configuration.
- OSTI ID:
- 665276
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-971159-; ISSN 0018-9464; TRN: IM9830%%123
- Journal Information:
- IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol. 34, Issue 5Pt1; Conference: COMPUMAG `97: 11. conference on the computation of electromagnetic fields, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), 3-6 Nov 1997; Other Information: PBD: Sep 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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