MHD Integrated Topping Cycle Project

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7238658· OSTI ID:7238658

The overall objective of the project is to design and construct prototypical hardware for an integrated MHD topping cycle, and conduct long duration proof-of-concept tests of integrated system at the US DOE Component Development and Integration Facility in Butte, Montana. The results of the long duration tests will augment the existing engineering design data base on MHD power train reliability, availability, maintainability, and performance, and will serve as a basis for scaling up the topping cycle design to the next level of development, an early commercial scale power plant retrofit. The components of the MHD power train to be designed, fabricated, and tested include: A slagging coal combustor with a rated capacity of 50 MW thermal input, capable of operation with an Eastern (Illinois {number sign}6) or Western (Montana Rosebud) coal, a segmented supersonic nozzle, a supersonic MHD channel capable of generating at least 1.5 MW of electrical power, a segmented supersonic diffuser section to interface the channel with existing facility quench and exhaust systems, a complete set of current control circuits for local diagonal current control along the channel, and a set of current consolidation circuits to interface the channel with the existing facility inverter.

• Research Organization: TRW Space and Technology Group, Redondo Beach, CA (United States). Applied Technology Div.
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC22-87PC90274
• OSTI ID: 7238658
• Report Number(s): DOE/PC/90274-T18; MHD-ITC--92-001; ON: DE92018087
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION
300101* -- MHD Generators-- Design & Development
AVAILABILITY
BITUMINOUS COAL
BLACK COAL
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
COAL
COMBUSTORS
DATA BASE MANAGEMENT
DESIGN
DIFFUSERS
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MHD CHANNELS
MHD GENERATORS
NOZZLES
PERFORMANCE
PROGRESS REPORT
RELIABILITY
TESTING
TOPPING CYCLES