화학공학소재연구정보센터
Energy Conversion and Management, Vol.40, No.11, 1177-1190, 1999
High enthalpy extraction experiments with Fuji-1 MHD blow-down facility
Recent experimental results of closed cycle MHD electrical power generation with the "Fuji-1" blowdown facility are presented. In the experiment with Disk-F4 Mi-ID generator, which was conducted with a modified seed injection system in 1997, an enthalpy extraction ratio of 18.4% was successfully demonstrated with a large output power of 506 kW. This enthalpy extraction ratio is the highest among those achieved with the Fuji-1 facility. The experimental results also revealed the electrical characteristics of the generator installed in the blow-down facility. The decline in the output power and its recovery were observed at the early stage of the power generation run. This fact could be attributed to the attachment of seed material to the generator walls and to its detachment, related to the relatively slow rise in temperature on the wall surface. It was verified for the first time in the Fuji-1 experiment that the reduction of impurity contamination resulted in improvement in the generator performance.