Performance analysis of thermoacoustic plasma MHD generation

R Yang, J Wang, Z Wu, B Huang, E Luo - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
We develop a quasi-one-dimensional theoretical model describing the oscillatory plasma
MHD conversion in a channel with parallel electrodes. Based on the model, a …

Numerical Study of Plasma Behavior and Power Generation Characteristics in a Disk MHD Generator With Xenon-Seeded Neon Gas

K Ork, Y Okuno - IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Plasma behavior and power generation characteristics in a disk-shaped
magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) power generator with xenon (Xe)-seeded neon (Ne) working …

Plasma characteristics and performance of magnetohydrodynamic generator with high-temperature inert gas plasma

M Tanaka, T Murakami, Y Okuno - IEEE Transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We describe magnetohydrodynamic power generation experiments with seed-free high-
temperature inert gas plasma using a linear-shaped Faraday-type generator driven by a …

Analyzing the engineering feasibility of the direct fusion drive

Y Jain, PD Kakade - Acta Astronautica, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Direct Fusion Drive (DFD) and its terrestrial counterpart, the Princeton Field
Reversed Configuration (PFRC) reactor, have seen significant developments in the past …

电弧加热高温磁流体发电地面试验研究

欧东斌, 曾徽, 杨国铭, 朱安文, 刘飞标, 王铸, 彭燕… - 实验流体力学, 2019 - syltlx.com
针对航天器未来空间飞行任务对大功率电源的迫切需求, 开展了基于电弧加热的高温气体磁流体
(MHD) 发电地面试验研究. 利用长分段电弧加热器加热氩气试验工质, 模拟MHD …

Multi-MW closed cycle MHD nuclear space power via nonequilibrium He/Xe working plasma

RJ Litchford, N Harada - 2011 - ntrs.nasa.gov
Prospects for a low specific mass multi-megawatt nuclear space power plant were examined
assuming closed cycle coupling of a high-temperature fission reactor with …

Multi-physical quantity sensing based on magnetized plasma spherical photonic crystals with evanescent wave

J Xu, TQ Zhu, HF Zhang - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, a novel structure of magnetized plasma spherical photonic crystals is proposed
that enables the development of sensors based on the evanescent wave principle. This …

Performance of a seed-free disk magnetohydrodynamic generator with self-excited joule heating in the nozzle

M Tanaka, Y Okuno - IEEE transactions on plasma science, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In a seed-free inert-gas disk-shaped magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) generator, the effect of
the self-excited Joule heating in the nozzle region on the generator performance has been …

Fundamental experiments of radio‐frequency preionized inert gas plasma MHD electrical power generation

T Nakane, K Uehigashi, T Iwamoto… - … Engineering in Japan, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A seed‐free radio‐frequency (RF) preionized inert gas plasma MHD electrical power
generation has been first demonstrated in fundamental experiments with a shock‐tunnel …

Modeling and sensitivity analysis of a supersonic inductive Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) generator

H Yousefi, M Mahmoudi, MH Ghodusinejad - Future Technology, 2024 - fupubco.com
This study presents the supersonic inductive Magnetohydrodynamic (SIMHD) generator and
simulates its model through the use of COSMOL Multiphysics. This generator, as an …