Development program for MHD direct coal fired power generation test facility. Annual technical progress report, January--December 1976
The overall objective of this project is to advance the technology of direct coal-fired MHD components and systems required for MHD power systems operating under simulated central power station power conditions. The specific objectives of the direct coal-fired MHD power generation test facility are to resolve experimentally and analytically the key technical problems which have been identified or which may be found to occur in direct coal-fired MHD systems with moderate to high ash carryover. The problem areas involve (1) combustor performance, (2) slag/seed separation, implementation and efficiency, (3) seed separation efficiency from both the exhaust gas stream and from slag, (4) MHD generator performance and design requirements using slag deposition on the channel walls to protect these walls from the intense thermal and electrical environment, (5) effects of slag carryover on auxiliary component survival from erosion and corrosion, and on freedom from serious plugging by solid or high-viscosity slag particles during normal operation, (6) response of candidate MHD materials to direct coal-fired MHD environment and (7) requirements for control equipment to meet pollution requirements. A summary of the project progress for 1976 is presented. (WHK)
- Research Organization:
- Tennessee Univ., Tullahoma (USA). Space Inst.
- DOE Contract Number:
- EX-76-C-01-1760
- OSTI ID:
- 5247458
- Report Number(s):
- FE-1760-27
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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