Basic design of a prototype liquid metal magnetohydrodynamic power generator for solar and waste heat

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 913-935

  Satyamurthy, P ^a   Venkatramani, N ^a   Quraishi, A M ^b   Mushtaq, A ^b  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Conversion efficiency; Electrical power generation; Liquid metal; Magnetohydrodynamic power generator; Solar receiver; Thermodynamic fluid; Two fluid model; Waste heat

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040630050     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-8904(98)00154-X     Document Type: Article

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