A REVIEW OF RECENT MHD GENERATOR WORK AT THE AVCO-EVERETT RESEARCH LABORATORY

Technical Report · Thu Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1962

OSTI ID:4827782

Brogan, T R; Louis, J F; Rosa, R J; Stekly, Z J.J.

A general review is presented of work in the field of MHD pcwer genelation during the past year at the Avco-Everett Research Laboratory. The review includes the areas of conceptual plant design, electrical properties of gases, generator fluid mechanics and performance, field coil designs, and long duration testing. In the area of gas properties, the experimentally determined conductivity of seeded combustion preducts is in good agreement with predicted values at 2300 to 3000 deg . The study of generator fluid mechanics continued during the past year using the Mark II combustion generator whose construction and initial operation was described at this meeting a year ago. Successful operation at Hall coefficients up to two was achieved. Performance of the Mark H generator is discussed. The discovery of high field strength superconducting alloys has important implications for MHD power generation, as well as for many other MHD devices. There is a brief description of these coils as applied to MHD generators, together with an assessment of the economic possibilities they present for use in a power plant. (auth)

• Research Organization: Avco Corp. Avco-Everett Research Lab., Everett, Mass.
• NSA Number: NSA-16-021847
• OSTI ID: 4827782
• Report Number(s): AFOSR-2352; AMP-74
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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