An analytical study of the plasma conditions and performance of an MHD generator

Electrical Engineering in Japan (English translation of Denki Gakkai Ronbunshi)

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 9-15

  Murakami, Tomoyuki ^a   Nakata, Yoshitaka ^a   Okuno, Yoshihiro ^a   Yamasaki, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fully ionized seed condition; Generator performance; Ionization instability; MHD generator

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUID DYNAMICS; HALL EFFECT; IONIZATION; PLASMAS;

PLASMA CONDITIONS;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC POWER GENERATION;

EID: 0038378996     PISSN: 04247760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eej.10196     Document Type: Article

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