Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) engineering test facility (ETF) 200 MWe power plant: conceptual design engineering report (CDER). Volume 1. Executive summary

Technical Report · Tue Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:6079258

The reference conceptual design of the MHD Engineering Test Facility (ETF), a prototype 200 MWe coal-fired electric generating plant designed to demonstrate the commercial feasibility of open cycle MHD is summarized. Main elements of the design are identified and explained, and the rationale behind them is reviewed. Major systems and plant facilities are listed and discussed. Construction cost and schedule estimates are presented and the engineering issues that should be reexamined are identified. This report integrates the latest (1980-1981) information from the MHD technology program with the elements of a conventional steam power electric generating plant. It is presented in five volumes.

• Research Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Cleveland, OH (USA). Lewis Research Center; Gilbert/Commonwealth, Reading, PA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AI01-77ET10769
• OSTI ID: 6079258
• Report Number(s): DOE/NASA/0224-1; NASA-CR-165452-Vol.1; ON: DE82004251
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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