Magnetohydrodynamic power generation using externally ionized, cold, supersonic air as working fluid

AIAA Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 119-127

  Murray, Robert C ^a,b   Zaidi, Sohail H ^b,c   Carraro, Mario R ^b   Vasilyak, Leonid M ^d   Macheret, Sergey O ^b,c   Shneider, Mikhail N ^b,c   Miles, Richard B ^b,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering ^*  (Russian Federation)

^c AIAA   (United States)

^d JOINT INSTITUTE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON NUMBER; MACH NUMBER; SUPERSONIC AIR; WORKING FLUIDS;

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENTHALPY; HALL EFFECT; HEATING; IONIZATION; SUPERSONIC FLOW;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC POWER GENERATION;

EID: 31344454057     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.11611     Document Type: Article

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