MHD Coal-Fired Flow Facility. Quarterly technical progress report, October-December 1981

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

OSTI ID:6602144

In this first quarterly report of FY82, The Uiversity of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI) reports on significant activity, task status, planned research, testing and development for Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) in the Coal-Fired Flow Facility (CFFF) and in the Energy-Conversion Facility (ECF). In Task 2, the preliminary design was completed for the superheater and air heater and the preliminary design report transmitted to DOE. Design work was begun on the alternate flat slag screen for installation in the radiant furnace. The diagnostic channel assembly was completed and installed in the magnet and insturmented for testing in the LMF1 test series scheduled to begin early next quarter. The Materials Test Module (MTM) and the high-pressure system in the radiant furnace, including the lower slag screen and the tube test sections, were installed and prepared for testing next quarter. In Task 3, the primary activities were the installation of the equipment, the instrumentation, and system calibration and checkout for the next test series which has been designated LMF1. In addition, laboratory analyses were performed on samples taken during the LMF0 series. In Task 4, the primary activities were the preparation of the test planning documents for the LMF1 test scheduld to start next quarter, the analysis of data from the LMF0 test series and the preparation of the test report covering this test. This was the first quarter of FY82 in which Task 7 funding was reduced to zero, and funding for the other tasks was severly reduced, making the total budget approximately half the prior FY81 annual budget.

• Research Organization: Tennessee Univ., Tullahoma (USA). Space Inst.
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-79ET10815
• OSTI ID: 6602144
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET/10815-77; UTSI-82/22; ON: DE83004816
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AIR HEATERS
CALIBRATION
CHALCOGENIDES
COAL-FIRED MHD GENERATORS
COMBUSTORS
DESIGN
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
FABRICATION
HEATERS
INSTALLATION
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MHD CHANNELS
MHD GENERATOR CFFF
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MHD GENERATORS
MODIFICATIONS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
OPERATION
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS
SLAGS
SUPERHEATERS
TESTING