Accession Number:

AD0694396

Title:

THE INTEGRAL CHARACTERISTICS OF AN MHD GENERATOR WITH DIVERGING ELECTRODES,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIV WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO

Personal Author(s):

• Lavrentev,I. V.

Report Date:

1969-03-12

Pagination or Media Count:

15.0

Abstract:

Edge effects in and integral characteristics of MHD-generators with a constant-cross-section channel and with finite-length electrodes were investigated. The article considers a MHD-generator whose working channel has radially diverging electrodes both pressure and speed undergo drawdown. Formulas for the potential difference across the electrodes, usable power, Joules loss in the channel, and electrical efficiency are derived. Author

Descriptors:

• (*MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC GENERATORS
• PERFORMANCE(ENGINEERING))
• ELECTRODES
• PRESSURE
• EFFICIENCY
• ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
• USSR

Subject Categories:

• Electric Power Production and Distribution

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE