Numerical investigation of recirculation in the UTSI MHD combustor
Numerical studies were carried out to investigate the gross structure of flow in cylindrical combustors. The combustor configurations studied are variations of a working design used at the University of Tennessee Space Institute to burn pulverized coal at temperatures in excess of 3000K for generation of a plasma feeding a magnetohydrodynamic channel. The numerical studies were conducted for an isothermal fluid; the main objective of the calculations was to study the effect of the oxidant injection pattern on the gross structure of recirculating flows within the combustor. The calculations illustrate the basic features of the flow in combustors of this type and suggest implications for the injection of coal and oxidizer in this type of combustor.
- Research Organization:
- Tennessee Univ., Tullahoma (USA). Space Inst.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-79ET10815
- OSTI ID:
- 5832630
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ET/10815-84; ON: DE83017533
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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