Progress of the MHD ship propulsion project in China

Author

Yan, L.G. ; Sha, C.W. ; Zhou, K. ; Peng, Yang ; Yang, A.H. ; Qin, J.Q.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electr. Eng., Acad. Sinica, Beijing, China

Volume

10

Issue

1

fYear

2000

fDate

3/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

951

Lastpage

954

Abstract

A small project for developing superconducting MHD ship propulsion is included in China´s State High Technology Development Program. The project goal is to construct a MHD model ship with a 5T superconducting helical thruster. A 1.0 ton model ship with 3.5 m length, 0.85 m width was driven by the 5 T, 270 A superconducting helical thruster in a 25 m long, 2.75 m wide and 2.0 m deep salt-water test tank to achieve 0.61/spl sim/0.68 m/s velocity, the measured driving force is 40/spl sim/45 N. A suggestion to extend this project for another 2 years has been approved. The progress of the project is reported.

Keywords

electric properties; magnetohydrodynamics; project engineering; ships; superconducting devices; 0.61 to 0.68 m/s; 0.85 m; 1 ton; 2 m; 2.75 m; 25 m; 270 A; 3.5 m; 5 T; China; driving force; project progress; salt-water test tank; superconducting MHD ship propulsion; superconducting helical thruster; Electrodes; Force measurement; Magnetic flux; Magnetohydrodynamics; Marine vehicles; Propulsion; Solenoids; Superconducting coils; Superconducting magnets; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/77.828389

Filename

828389