NON-EQUILIBRIUM PHENOMENA IN A DISC-SHAPED MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC GENERATOR

摘要

A set of basic equations is composed of conservation equationsni obtained from Boltzmann's equation, and of simplified Maxwell'snequations. The basic equations describe the behaviour of the % electron density, the neutral density, the electron velocity, the velocity of ions and neutrals, the electron temperature, the temperature of ions and neutrals, and the electric field, throughout the generator. One-dimensional and stationary solutions demonstrate the development of electron temperature elevation and non-equilibrium ionisation.