High magnetic field MHD generator program. Quarterly report, October--December 1977
Predictions were made for the results anticipated from an experiment scheduled for April which will investigate fluctuations of thermodynamic and electrical properties as a function of generator configuration and operating conditions. Further work on the laser fluorescence technique has shown it to be promising for the non-obtrusive spatial resolution of gas temperature. Reduction of data from an earlier electrode boundary layer experiment resulted in temperature profiles which showed the effect of Joule heating. Measurements also showed the electron number density near the electrode to be out of equilibrium due to finite electron recombination rates and to Joule heating. Thermal tests continued with the 6 tesla disk generator to determine the most favorable peg size and attachment technique to handle the large thermal load in the disk channel. The major design decisions for the 6 tesla linear generator have been made.
- Research Organization:
- Stanford Univ., CA (USA). High Temperature Gasdynamics Lab.
- OSTI ID:
- 6648148
- Report Number(s):
- FE-2341-5
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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BOUNDARY LAYERS
CURRENTS
DESIGN
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
ELECTRIC CURRENTS
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
ELECTRODES
ELECTRON DENSITY
FLUCTUATIONS
HALL EFFECT
HEATING
INHOMOGENEOUS PLASMA
INSTABILITY
JOULE HEATING
LASERS
LAYERS
LEAKAGE CURRENT
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MHD CHANNELS
MHD GENERATORS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PLASMA
PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS
PLASMA HEATING
PLASMA INSTABILITY
RECOMBINATION
TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION
TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
VARIATIONS