The effects of resistance and inductance of an external load on the performance of explosively-driven MHD generators

Author

Ahn, Jae Woon ; Choi, Jin Soo ; Lee, Jaimin ; Song, So-young

Author_Institution

Agency for Defense Dev., Taejon, South Korea

fYear

2000

fDate

26-29 June 2000

Firstpage

133

Lastpage

136

Abstract

To investigate the effects of load resistance and inductance on performance of linear MHD generators, a series of tests were conducted. Explosively-driven annular tubes filled with argon gas were used as plasma generators. Permanent magnets, copper electrodes, and velocity measuring ionization pins were mounted on the walls of the plasma channel of 1 inch diameter. Load resistance was varied from 2.5 to 100 m/spl Omega/, and load inductance from 0.15 to 36 /spl mu/H. Test results showed that the generated current decreased exponentially with increasing load resistance or inductance, but the generated voltage remained almost constant within experimental errors.

Keywords

electric resistance; exploding wires; inductance; ionisation; magnetohydrodynamic convertors; permanent magnets; plasma production; pulsed power supplies; velocity measurement; 1 in; 2.5 to 100 mohm; argon gas; copper electrodes; explosively-driven MHD generators; explosively-driven annular tubes; external load; inductance; linear MHD generators; permanent magnets; plasma channel walls; plasma generators; resistance; velocity measuring ionization pins; Argon; Copper; Electrical resistance measurement; Electrodes; Inductance; Magnetohydrodynamic power generation; Permanent magnets; Plasma measurements; Testing; Velocity measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Modulator Symposium, 2000. Conference Record of the 2000 Twenty-Fourth International

Conference_Location

Norfolk, VA, USA

ISSN

1076-8467

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5826-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MODSYM.2000.896183

Filename

896183