Sensitivity analysis of design parameters of an inductive MHD generator

Author

Montisci, A. ; Pintus, R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eletrical & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

fYear

2010

fDate

14-16 June 2010

Firstpage

119

Lastpage

123

Abstract

A numerical experiment of a new MagnetoHydroDynamic (MHD) generator is presented. The proposed device does not need an external magnetic field to work, but it performs the energy conversion by means of the induction principle. This is possible thanks to a pulsed ionization of the fluid current, carried out with an electrode dipped in the fluid current, followed by a charge separation with a stationary electric field. In this work a study has been done to evaluate and improve the performance of the proposed device.

Keywords

magnetohydrodynamic convertors; sensitivity analysis; charge separation; fluid current; induction principle; inductive MHD generator; magnetohydrodynamic generator; pulsed ionization; sensitivity analysis; Ducts; Electrodes; Energy conversion; Induction generators; Magnetic fields; Magnetohydrodynamic power generation; Numerical models; Plasma temperature; Sensitivity analysis; Turbines; MHD generator; charge separation; multiphysics numerical modeling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics Electrical Drives Automation and Motion (SPEEDAM), 2010 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Pisa

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4986-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-7919-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SPEEDAM.2010.5544810

Filename

5544810