Title :
Explosively-driven magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) generator studies
Author :
Agee, F.J. ; Lehr, F.M. ; Vigil, M. ; Kaye, R. ; Gaudet, J. ; Shiffler, D.
Author_Institution :
Phillips Lab., Kirtland AFB, NM, USA
Abstract :
Plasma jet generators have been designed and tested which used an explosive driver and shocktube with a rectangular cross section that optimize the flow velocity and electrical conductivity. The latest in a series of designs has been tested using a reactive load to diagnose the electrical properties of the MHD generator/electromagnet combination. The results of these tests indicate that the plasma jet/MHD generator design does generate a flow velocity greater than 25 km/s and produces several gigawatts of pulsed power in a very small package size. A larger, new generator design is also presented.
Keywords :
plasma magnetohydrodynamics; MHD generator/electromagnet combination; electrical conductivity optimisation; electrical properties diagnosis; explosively-driven MHD generator; explosively-driven magnetohydrodynamic generator; flow velocity optimisation; plasma jet generators; plasma jet/MHD generator; pulsed power; reactive load; rectangular cross section; shocktube; Conductivity; Design optimization; Electromagnets; Explosives; Magnetohydrodynamic power generation; Plasma applications; Plasma diagnostics; Plasma properties; Power generation; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Pulsed Power Conference, 1995. Digest of Technical Papers., Tenth IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Albuquerque, NM, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2791-8
DOI :
10.1109/PPC.1995.599755
