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ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA ›› 2020, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (11): 123980-123980.doi: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2020.23980

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Faraday type MHD generator: Experiment and numerical simulation

LIU Feibiao1, WANG Zhu1, PENG Yan2, OU Dongbin3, ZHU Anwen1   

  1. 1. Beijing Institute of Spacecraft System Engineering, Beijing 100094, China;
    2. Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China;
    3. China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics, Beijing 100074, China
  • Received:2020-03-16 Revised:2020-03-31 Online:2020-11-15 Published:2020-06-04
  • Supported by:
    CNSA(D010501)

Abstract: The high power space power system is in urgent demand for the next generation aerospace missions. This paper presents the ground-based experiment of the high temperature inert gas Faraday type MHD generator first conducted in China, with arc heater as the heating source, argon the working gas, and cesium injected to improve the conductivity of the working gas. The faraday type MHD generation is successfully carried out, with the maximum output power reaching 194 W under 1 T magnetic field strength and the power density being 866 kW/m3. Three-dimensional numerical simulation is conducted under the experiment conditions, showing that the MHD generator output character is largely affected by the seed injection effect and working gas velocity. To avoid these problems, the generator processing technology needs to be improved to reduce the voltage drop, and the nozzle needs redesign.

Key words: Faraday type, MHD generation, arc heater, output power, inert gas

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