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Magnetohydrodynamic Power Generation

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  • A. E. Sheindlin
  • W. D. Jackson
  • W. S. Brzozowski
  • L. H. Th. Rietjens

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The paper describes research and development in the field of magnetohydrodynamic power generation technology, based on discussions held in the Joint IAEA/UNESCO International Liaison Group on MHD electrical power generation. Research and development programmes on open cycle, closed cycle plasma and liquid‐metal MHD are described. Open cycle MHD has now entered the engineering development stage. The paper reviews the results of cycle analyses and economic and environmental evaluations: substantial agreement has been reached on the expected overall performance and necessary component specifications. The achievement in the Soviet Union on the U‐25 MHD pilot plant in obtaining full rated electrical power of 20.4 MW is described, as well as long duration testing of the integrated operation of MHD components. Work in the United States on coal‐fired MHD generators has shown that, with slagging of the walls, a run time of about one hundred hours at the current density and electric field of a commercial MHD generator has been achieved. Progress obtained in closed cycle plasma and liquid metal MHD is reviewed. Electrical power densities of up to 140 MWe/m3 and an enthalpy extraction as high as 24 per cent have been achieved in noble gas MHD generator experiments.

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  • A. E. Sheindlin & W. D. Jackson & W. S. Brzozowski & L. H. Th. Rietjens, 1979. "Magnetohydrodynamic Power Generation," Natural Resources Forum, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 3(2), pages 133-145, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:natres:v:3:y:1979:i:2:p:133-145
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.1979.tb00402.x
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