MHD generator component development. Quarterly report, January-March 1981

Technical Report · Fri May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:5232277

The overall objectives of this program are twofold: (1) to contribute, by appropriate systematic experimental and analytical investigations, to the engineering data base necessary for the design and construction of MHD generators at CDIF-scale (50 MW/sub th/) and baseload scale (2000 MW/sub th/); and (2) to design and fabricate specific hardware items to be tested at the CDIF site in Butte, Montana. Progress is reported on the following tasks: (1) MHD channel design and performance; (2) MHD channel construction and lifetime; (3) MHD channel loading and control; (4) facility operation (MK VI and MK VII test bays); (5) CDIF hardware; and (6) integrated coal-fired flow train testing. (WHK)

• Research Organization: Avco-Everett Research Lab., Inc., Everett, MA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC01-80ET15614
• OSTI ID: 5232277
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET/15614-6; ON: DE82006205
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION
300101* -- MHD Generators-- Design & Development
300104 -- MHD Generators-- Duct Engineering & Fluid Dynamics
COAL-FIRED MHD GENERATORS
DESIGN
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
MHD CHANNELS
MHD GENERATOR AERL MARK VI
MHD GENERATOR CDIF
MHD GENERATORS
OPERATION
PERFORMANCE
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SERVICE LIFE