An Investigation of the Capability of a Combustion Driven Self-Excited MHD Generator to Produce High Energy Electrical Impulses.

摘要

The program described in this report is directed to the design,construction and performance evaluation of a single circuit output,Faraday magnetohydrodynamic generator channel. The design corresponds to a conventional DC generator with the field coil and load in series. As a second objective,the feasibility of employing a combustion driven self-excited MHD generator for the production of repeated high energy (tens of megajoules) electrical impulses has been investigated. In this application the MHD generator combines the functions of electrical energy generation,storage,and delivery in a single unit basically identical with a conventional self-excited MHD generator configuration. (Author)