MHD-Coal-Fired Flow Facility. Quarterly technical progress report, July-September 1981

Technical Report · Wed Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:6582523

In this fourth Quarterly report of FY81, The University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI) reports on significant activity, task status, planned research, testing, and development for the Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) Coal-Fired Flow Facility (CFFF) and the Energy-Conversion Facility (ECF). Engineering was completed on a water-cooled burner plate for the vitation heater. Fabrication, installation, and testing will be completed in the next quarter. Fabrication, delivery, and QA inspection of the LMF generator was completed this quarter. Installation of the refractory lining in the radiant boiler and secondary combustor was completed after pressure testing the downstream equipment. The entire flow stream from the vitation heater to the stack went through a series of shakedown tests to verify designs and confirm the interperability of all the components in the system. The LMF CFFF test train with a water-cooled replacement duct substituting for the conductivity channel went through a shakedown test to check interrelationship of each component in the test train. Tests were conducted on 100% oil at half base and 50% coal 50% oil at half base. All cooling circuits operated properly with total heat loss through each circuit slightly less than predicted. Coal flow was irregular with moisture formed lumps plugging filter, coal dispersed and lines. Corrective actions are in process to clear up this area prior to LMF1 testing. Particulate samples, gas chemistry, trace emtal analysis from this shakedown test will be analyzed and the procedure written before LMF1 testing. Experimental work in the coal injector laboraotry continued on new coal dispersed ideas. The refractory in the vitiation heater, combustor, radiant boiler and the secondary combustor were evaluated after the system shakedown operation. All linings are in good condition indicating proper design and construction.

• Research Organization: Tennessee Univ., Tullahoma (USA). Space Inst.
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-79ET10815
• OSTI ID: 6582523
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET/10815-75; UTSI-82-21; ON: DE83004815
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION
300101* -- MHD Generators-- Design & Development
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COAL-FIRED MHD GENERATORS
COMBUSTORS
COOLING SYSTEMS
DESIGN
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
ENERGY SYSTEMS
FABRICATION
FUEL OILS
FUELS
HEATERS
INSTALLATION
LINERS
LIQUID FUELS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MHD CHANNELS
MHD GENERATOR CFFF
MHD GENERATOR UTSI
MHD GENERATORS
OILS
OPERATION
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
REFRACTORIES
TESTING