Accession Number:

AD0711351

Title:

INVESTIGATION OF A LARGE SCALE NON-EQUILIBRIUM MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC GENERATOR.

Descriptive Note:

Annual rept. 1 Aug 69-31 Jul 70,

Corporate Author:

GENERAL ELECTRIC CO PHILADELPHIA PA SPACE DIV

Personal Author(s):

• Zauderer,B.

Report Date:

1970-07-31

Pagination or Media Count:

15.0

Abstract:

A large portion of the effort of the present contract year was devoted to technology problems, namely, the development of a satisfactory cesium seeding technique, the development of the thermionically emitting electrodes compatible with the shock tube MHD generator, the design of a large MHD magnet, the design of a new MHD channel, and the development of additional diagnostic techniques. A considerable number of MHD experiments with cesium seeded, noble gases were performed. An analytical study of power optimization in linear MHD generators was undertaken. A study of the effect of molecular gases on the generator performance was undertaken.

Descriptors:

• (*MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC GENERATORS
• DESIGN)
• PERFORMANCE(ENGINEERING)
• RARE GASES
• MAGNETS
• ELECTRODES
• SHOCK TUBES

Subject Categories:

• Electric Power Production and Distribution

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE