MHD-generator component development. Quarterly report, October 1981-December 1981

Technical Report · Mon Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5643768

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 on the following tasks is summarized: (1) MHD channel design and performance; (2) MHD channel construction and lifetime; (3) MHD channel loading and control; (4) facility operation; (5) CDIF hardware; and (6) integrated coal-fired flow train testing. (WHK)

• Research Organization: Avco-Everett Research Lab., Everett, MA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC22-80ET15614
• OSTI ID: 5643768
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET/15614-9; ON: DE84002028
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION
300101* -- MHD Generators-- Design & Development
300104 -- MHD Generators-- Duct Engineering & Fluid Dynamics
COAL-FIRED MHD GENERATORS
CONSTRUCTION
CONTROL SYSTEMS
CURRENTS
DESIGN
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
ELECTRIC CURRENTS
ELECTRIC POTENTIAL
ELECTRICAL FAULTS
ELECTRODES
MHD CHANNELS
MHD GENERATOR CDIF
MHD GENERATORS
PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS
PERFORMANCE
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PRESSURE GRADIENTS
SERVICE LIFE
TESTING