Increasing power and efficiency by dynamic suppression or ionization instability in a plasma

Journal Article · Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981 · High Temp. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:5774865

Vinogradov, A P; Filinov, V S

The dynamic method for suppressing ionization instability is investigated. The efficiency of MHD devices operating in the Faraday switching mode with developed ionization instability is compared with that of an MHD device operating under conditions of dynamic suppression of ionization instability. It is demonstrated that when the external circuit parameters are suitably chosen, there is a gain in the electric and polytropic efficiency as well as in the power of an MHD device operating under conditions of dynamic suppression of ionization instability. The possible practical implementation of the dynamic method of ionization instability suppression with the aid of power semiconductor instruments is discussed.

• Research Organization: High-Temperature Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR
• OSTI ID: 5774865
• Journal Information: High Temp. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 19:2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION
MHD GENERATORS
PLASMA INSTABILITY
CONTROL
CORRELATIONS
EFFICIENCY
FARADAY METHOD
IONIZATION
OPERATION
PLASMA
POWER
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
THEORETICAL DATA
USES
DATA
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
INFORMATION
INSTABILITY
NUMERICAL DATA
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