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Title: MHD Electrode and wall constructions

Abstract

Electrode and wall constructions for the walls of a channel transmitting the hot plasma in a magnetohydrodynamic generator. The electrodes and walls are made of a plurality of similar modules which are spaced from one another along the channel. The electrodes can be metallic or ceramic, and each module includes one or more electrodes which are exposed to the plasma and a metallic cooling bar which is spaced from the plasma and which has passages through which a cooling fluid flows to remove heat transmitted from the electrode to the cooling bar. Each electrode module is spaced from and electrically insulated from each adjacent module while interconnected by the cooling fluid which serially flows among selected modules. A wall module includes an electrically insulating ceramic body exposed to the plasma and affixed, preferably by mechanical clips or by brazing, to a metallic cooling bar spaced from the plasma and having cooling fluid passages. Each wall module is, similar to the electrode modules, electrically insulated from the adjacent modules and serially interconnected to other modules by the cooling fluid.

Inventors:
 [1];  [2]
  1. Columbia, MD
  2. Penn Hills, PA
Issue Date:
OSTI Identifier:
864871
Patent Number(s):
4430588
Assignee:
United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
H - ELECTRICITY H02 - GENERATION H02K - DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES
DOE Contract Number:  
E(49-18)-2248
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
mhd; electrode; wall; constructions; walls; channel; transmitting; hot; plasma; magnetohydrodynamic; generator; electrodes; plurality; similar; modules; spaced; metallic; ceramic; module; exposed; cooling; bar; passages; fluid; flows; remove; heat; transmitted; electrically; insulated; adjacent; interconnected; serially; selected; insulating; affixed; preferably; mechanical; clips; brazing; hot plasma; fluid passage; magnetohydrodynamic generator; remove heat; cooling fluid; electrically insulating; fluid flow; fluid flows; electrically insulated; wall construction; adjacent modules; similar modules; mhd electrode; wall constructions; insulating ceramic; adjacent module; electrically insulate; /310/

Citation Formats

Way, Stewart, and Lempert, Joseph. MHD Electrode and wall constructions. United States: N. p., 1984. Web.
Way, Stewart, & Lempert, Joseph. MHD Electrode and wall constructions. United States.
Way, Stewart, and Lempert, Joseph. Sun . "MHD Electrode and wall constructions". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/864871.
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abstractNote = {Electrode and wall constructions for the walls of a channel transmitting the hot plasma in a magnetohydrodynamic generator. The electrodes and walls are made of a plurality of similar modules which are spaced from one another along the channel. The electrodes can be metallic or ceramic, and each module includes one or more electrodes which are exposed to the plasma and a metallic cooling bar which is spaced from the plasma and which has passages through which a cooling fluid flows to remove heat transmitted from the electrode to the cooling bar. Each electrode module is spaced from and electrically insulated from each adjacent module while interconnected by the cooling fluid which serially flows among selected modules. A wall module includes an electrically insulating ceramic body exposed to the plasma and affixed, preferably by mechanical clips or by brazing, to a metallic cooling bar spaced from the plasma and having cooling fluid passages. Each wall module is, similar to the electrode modules, electrically insulated from the adjacent modules and serially interconnected to other modules by the cooling fluid.},
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year = {1984},
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