Accession Number:
AD0770443
Title:
Feasibility of MHD Conversion of Pulsed Thermonuclear Reactor Energy,
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Corporate Author:
FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIV WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO
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Report Date:
1973-11-07
Pagination or Media Count:
15.0
Abstract:
The authors discuss the possibility of using certain conduction and induction MHD generators schemes for converting the energy of pulsed thermonuclear reactors PTR, in which energy release occurs in a blanket which absorbs the basic fraction of hard radiation. The physical limitations on the achievable efficiency of conversion and the plasma parameters obtainable in the reactor pressure about 1 kb, temperature about 2-3 eV, and the selection of working substance are explained. Sample parameters for a Faraday supersonic plasma MHD generator having solid electrodes about 0.4 efficiency and an induction piston MHD-generator about 0.7 efficiency which generate d.c. current and voltage are presented. Modified author abstract
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Subject Categories:
- Fusion Devices (Thermonuclear)
- Plasma Physics and Magnetohydrodynamics