Explosively-driven magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) generator studies

Conference · Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995

OSTI ID:100028

Agee, F J; Lehr, F M ^[1]; Vigil, M; Kaye, R ^[2]; Gaudet, J; Shiffler, D ^[3]

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1. Phillips Lab., Kirtland AFB, NM (United States)
2. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
3. New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Plasma jet generators have been designed and tested which used an explosive driver and shocktube with a rectangular cross section that optimize the flow velocity and electrical conductivity. The latest in a series of designs has been tested using a reactive load to diagnose the electrical properties of the MHD generator/electromagnet combination. The results of these tests indicate that the plasma jet/MHD generator design does generate a flow velocity greater than 25 km/s and produces several gigawatts of pulsed power in a very small package size. A larger, new generator design is also presented.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 100028
• Report Number(s): SAND-95-1815C; CONF-950750-32; ON: DE95016738
• Resource Relation: Conference: 10. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) pulsed power conference, Albuquerque, NM (United States), 10-13 Jul 1995; Other Information: PBD: [1995]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION
MHD GENERATORS
TESTING
DESIGN
PULSE GENERATORS
CHEMICAL EXPLOSIONS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
SHOCK TUBES
PLASMA PRODUCTION