The Performance Investigation of Magnetohydrodynamic Generator with Two Phase Flow

doi:10.3901/JME.2018.08.185

Abstract

Abstract: The effect of different parameters on magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) generator with two phase flow is investigated by three-dimensional numerical simulation and theoretical analysis. The basic parameters contain the dimension of generator, void fraction, magnetic field intensity, inlet velocity, load factor and mixture of fluid. The results show when the load factor is 0.5, the electric power output becomes largest. The power output increases with the increasing of magnetic field intensity, inlet velocity and the electrical conductivity of mixture fluid, and it decreases while the void fraction increasing. Moreover, the results show also that the larger the size of the MHD generation channel, the greater the output power is, but the generator efficiency for a smaller channel is greater than that of larger channel because of velocity in the sidewall boundary layer developed rapidly and electric current gathered.

Key words: MHD generator, power efficiency, power output, three-dimensional numerical simulation, two phase flow

CLC Number:

TV235

CAO Jiabin, HUANG Hulin, ZHU Guiping, LI Linyong, LI Lai. The Performance Investigation of Magnetohydrodynamic Generator with Two Phase Flow[J]. Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 2018, 54(8): 185-191.

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