Experimental magneto-hydrodynamic system based on plasma torch

  • Weizhuo HUA ,
  • Ling GAO ,
  • Ge CHEN ,
  • Yiwen LI ,
  • Geng GONG ,
  • Yantao WANG ,
  • Biao WEI
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  • 1.Key Laboratories for National Defense Science and Technology on Plasma Dynamics,Air Force Engineering University,Xi’an 710038,China
    2.Xi’an Aero-Space Engine & Smart Manufacturing Institute Co. ,Ltd,Xi’an 710100,China
    3.Xi’an United Pressure Vessel Co. ,Ltd,Xi’an 710201,China
    4.Troop 95655,People’s Liberation Army of China,Chengdu 611500,China
E-mail: hwz1991@sina.com

Received date: 2022-06-29

  Revised date: 2022-07-27

  Accepted date: 2022-08-15

  Online published: 2022-08-31

Supported by

National Natural Science Foundation of China(12102478);Preliminary Research of Equipment(61407210105);Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China(2021JQ-356)

Abstract

To explore the application of the magneto-hydrodynamic technology to fields such as hypersonic vehicles and exploitation of wave energy, nuclear energy and solar energy, we establish an experimental MHD system, introducing its composition, design, and test results. An MHD channel with a supersonic nozzle of Ma=1.5 is developed, with the electrical conductivity in the channel reaching 14 S/m in an average of 9 S/m when the power of the plasma torch is 120 kW. Theoretical calculation indicates that with the electrical conductivity of 9 S/m, the output power of the MHD channel could reach 1 872.96 W for a single electrode and 5 993.47 W for the whole channel. The experimental results show that the experimental MHD system based on the plasma torch is capable of the ground-experiments for MHD power generation, MHD acceleration and MHD flow control.

Cite this article

Weizhuo HUA , Ling GAO , Ge CHEN , Yiwen LI , Geng GONG , Yantao WANG , Biao WEI . Experimental magneto-hydrodynamic system based on plasma torch[J]. ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA, 2022 , 43(S2) : 1 -7 . DOI: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2022.27699

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