Published January 1974
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Journal article
NaK--nitrogen liquid metal MHD converter tests at 30 kw
Description
The feasibility of electrical power generation with an ambient temperature liquid-metal MHD separator cycle is demonstrated by tests in which a NaK-nitrogen LM-MHD converter was operated at nozzle inlet pressures ranging from 100 to 165 N/sq cm, NaK flow rates from 46 to 72 kg/sec, and nitrogen flow rates from 2.4 to 3.8 kg/sec. The generator was operated as an eight-phase linear induction generator, with two of the eight phases providing magnetic field compensation to minimized electrical end losses at the generator channel inlet and exit.
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.2514/3.49156;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- AIAA Journal
- Journal Volume
- 12
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Series
- AIAA (Amer. Inst. Aeronaut. Astronaut.) J.
- Journal Page Range
- 78-83
- ISSN
- 0001-1452
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 5118678
- Subject category
- S30: DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION;
- Descriptors DEI
- EFFICIENCY; LIQUID METALS; MHD GENERATORS; NITROGEN; PERFORMANCE TESTING; POTASSIUM ALLOYS; SODIUM ALLOYS
- Descriptors DEC
- ALLOYS; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS; ELEMENTS; FLUIDS; LIQUIDS; METALS; NONMETALS; TESTING
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- Notes
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