Magnetohydrodynamic projects at the CDIF

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:6005225

The Component Development and Integration Facility (CDIF) is a major US Department of Energy magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) test facility in Butte, Montana. The CDIF is operated by MSE, Inc. Within the national MHD program, MSE personnel are responsible for performing integration testing of vendor-supplied MHD power train components at the CDIF to support the goal of commercialization. This quarterly technical progress report presents the tasks accomplished at the Component Development and Integration Facility during the first quarter of FY91. Areas of technical progress this quarter included: coal system development; seed system development; test bay modification; channel power dissipation and distribution system development; oxygen system storage upgrade; iron core magnet thermal protection system checkout; TRW slag rejector/CDIF slag removal project; stack gas/environmental compliance upgrade; coal-fired combustor support; 1A channels fabrication and assembly; support of Mississippi State University diagnostic testing; test operations and results; data analysis and modeling; technical papers; and projected activities. 2 tabs.

• Research Organization: MSE, Inc., Butte, MT (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-88ID12735
• OSTI ID: 6005225
• Report Number(s): DOE/ID/12735-T14; ON: DE91011153
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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