MHD air-heater technology development. Technical progress report, January 1, 1981-March 31, 1981

Technical Report · Tue Mar 31 23:00:00 EST 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6472188· OSTI ID:6472188

Progress on the technology development of the directly-fired high temperature air heater (HTAH) for MHD power plants is reported. The major objectives of the work under task 1 are (1) to identify and encourage development of ceramic materials which are resistant to seed/slag, high temperature, and thermal cycling and to evaluate their performance and life in the HTAH service environment; and (2) to continue development of a HTAH materials data base which will contain the materials data needed to design and construct larger scale HTAH's. The major objectives of the work under task 2 are: (1) to perform long term tests of materials for and operability of the HTAH cored brick matrix; (2) to perform long term tests of materials for and performance and reliability of HTAH valves; and (3) to coordinate the test programs at FluiDyne, MSU, and other organizations to insure that testing results are useful to the HTAH development program. The major objectives of the work under task 3 are: (1) to identify development needs through design studies of full-scale HTAH systems; and (2) to study HTAH performance and system response in order to identify control and instrumentation needs. (WHK)

• Research Organization: FluiDyne Engineering Corp., Minneapolis, MN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC01-80ET15602
• OSTI ID: 6472188
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET/15602-T5; ON: DE81026605
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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REFRACTORIES
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SPINELS
STRESSES
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TESTING
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