Major remaining technical issues in coal-fired MHD technology

Conference · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:6902879

Doss, E D; Johnson, T R; Petrick, M; Redman, W C

A recent assessment of the current status of MHD technology has revealed significant progress in recent years toward establishing the technical base required for commercial coal-fired MHD power plants. The review also identified the many major technical issues that remain. Here attention is directed only to these major areas, to provide perspective regarding the diversity of additional development work required, and to indicate those aspects deserving priority. The underlying assumption is that a systematic development of a sound and broad technical base will be more cost-effective than initially building a large-scale integrated system to acquire operating experience.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31-109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6902879
• Report Number(s): CONF-840667-3; ON: DE84012099
• Resource Relation: Conference: 22. symposium on engineering aspects of MHD, State College, MS, USA, 26 Jun 1984; Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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