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Magnetohydrodynamics Code Basics

  • RYU DONGSU
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.34 no.4
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    • pp.209-213
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    • 2001
  • This paper describes the numerical solution to the hyperbolic system of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations. First, by pointing out the approximations involved, the deal MHD equations are presented. Next, the MHD waves as well as the associated shocks and discontinuities, are presented. Then, based on the hyperbolicity of the ideal MHD equations, the application of upwind schemes, which have been developed for hydrodynamics, is discussed to solve the equations numerically. As an definite example, one and multi-dimensional codes based on the Total Variation Diminishing scheme are presented. The treatment in the multi-dimensional code, which maintains ${\nabla}{\cdot}$B = 0, is described. Through tests, the robustness of the upwind schemes for MHDs is demonstrated.

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Electromagnetic Characteristics of MHD Machine (MHD 기기의 전자기적 특성 고찰)

  • Jang, S.M.;Kim, H.K.
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1998.07a
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    • pp.266-268
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    • 1998
  • The linear MHD(magnetohydro-dynamic) machine obtains the linear motion by replacing the solid conducting secondary of LIM with the ionized gas, plasma or the liquid metal. The electromagnetic pump which is a kind of MHD machine is divided into induction pump and conduction pump. This paper shows the classification and development trends of MHD machines and the characteristics of double sided flat linear induction pump (DFLIP).

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Oil Separation from Oil-Contaminated Seawater by MHD Method I (선박사고로 인한 해양유출기름의 MHD방식 분리기술 연구 I)

  • Lee, Seung-Hwan
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.299-303
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    • 2005
  • A new method of oil separation from oil-contaminated seawater based on electromagnetic forces, so-called MHD method was designed and formulated. MHD method has advantages of easy treatment of separated oil as well as little effect upon the environment, comparing with a conventional separation method using magnetic powders. Assuming high polymer particles instead of oil, the separation ratio (the mass of simulation particles / the total mass of simulation particles) for the sample fluid was calculated as fuction of electric current, magnetic field and seawater velocity.

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A evaluation of internal radial direction's distribution of MHD generator using shock tube (충격파관을 이용한 MHD발전기 내부 반경방향 분포의 평가)

  • 배철오;안병원;김윤식;이성근;박영산
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.493-503
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    • 2000
  • There are two types of generators in the MHD generation : linear type Faraday and disk type hall generator. In this paper, it is experimented disk type hall generator. Disk type generator is driven by shock tube that compresses working gas isentropically in a very short time. As a working gas, helium gas seeded with cesium is used. it is difficult to confirm the whole condition thorough oかy experiment because the things happened in MHD generator is very complex. Furthermore we can't how exactly what happen at the inside of generator's channel because the time of generation is very short and working gas flows out very high speed. Expecially it is almost impossible to measure the things occurred in the boundary layer using MHD generation experimental equipment driven shock uk. With above reasons, to know certainly how the several values happened inside disk MHD generator charge, some graphs were drawn linearly through calculation using measured experimental data. For the more, other calculated results which can't be obtained by only experiment are considered in this paper. And these calculated results are compared to experiment data how exactly done the calculation.

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Experiment on Small A.C. MHD Power Generator (소용량 교류 MHD발전기에 대한 실험적 연구)

  • Choon Saing Jhoun
    • 전기의세계
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    • v.25 no.5
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    • pp.79-87
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    • 1976
  • This paper is to investigate the A.C generation of MHD engine, converting directly the kinetic energy of conductive gas in high temperature to electric power by the effect of magnetic field. It is known that there are at least two kinds of method in A.C MHD power generation; one, by sending stationary plasma flow in an alternating or rotating magnetic field and the other, by transmission of pulse type plasma flow in uniform and constant magnetic field, former method is adopted here. In order to raise the total efficiency of close cycle in combination with nuclear power and MHD genertaion, an argon plasma jet is utilized as heat source, which is not mixed with the seed material, and the design data are obtained for A.C MHD generation in small capacity, but induced voltage and power output have the maximum values, 15 voltages and 7.5W respectively due to plasma flow with low conductivity and weak magnetic field.

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Studies on a Effective Scheme to Obtain High Temperature Working Plasma for MHD Power Generation (MHD발전용 작동 플라즈마를 고온가열하기 위한 효율적 방안에 관한 연구)

  • 김윤식;노창주;김영길;공영경;최춘성
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.153-161
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    • 1993
  • Heat transfer processes in the combustion chamber of a pebble bed regenerative heat exchanger for MHD power generation has been analyzed numerically for heating, evacuation argon heating periods individually. The calculated result well explain the measured temperature change at the top of the pebble bed. The analytical result point out that the length of evacution period and the geometry optimization both for the combustion chamber and the heat storage bed are very important factors for the improvement of thermal performance in MHD power generation.

Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) Micromixer Using Multi-Vortical Flow (다중 와류 유동을 이용한 자기유체역학 (MHD) 마이크로 믹서)

  • Yang, Won-Seok;Kim, Dong-Sung
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.34 no.1
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    • pp.53-59
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    • 2010
  • In this paper, we propose a novel chaotic micromixer of which mixing mechanism is based upon magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) multi-vortical flow generation in a simple straight microchannel. In the microchannel of the micromixer has electrodes patterned on two side walls and bottom wall. Lorentz forces are variously induced by changing applied voltages at the patterned electrodes in order to pump and mix conductive fluids in the microchannel. Three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics simulations were conduced to characterize mixing behaviors inside the MHD micromixer. The mixing efficiencies were also evaluated for the various flow conditions.

Mathematical approach for optimization of magnetohydrodynamic circulation system

  • Lee, Geun Hyeong;Kim, Hee Reyoung
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.51 no.3
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    • pp.654-664
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    • 2019
  • The geometrical and electromagnetic variables of a rectangular-type magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) circulation system are optimized to solve MHD equations for the active decay heat removal system of a prototype Gen-IV sodium fast reactor. Decay heat must be actively removed from the reactor coolant to prevent the reactor system from exceeding its temperature limit. A rectangular-type MHD circulation system is adopted to remove this heat via an active system that produces developed pressure through the Lorentz force of the circulating sodium. Thus, the rectangular-type MHD circulation system for a circulating loop is modeled with the following specifications: a developed pressure of 2 kPa and flow rate of $0.02m^3/s$ at a temperature of 499 K. The MHD equations, which consist of momentum and Maxwell's equations, are solved to find the minimum input current satisfying the nominal developed pressure and flow rate according to the change of variables including the magnetic flux density and geometrical variables. The optimization shows that the rectangular-type MHD circulation system requires a current of 3976 A and a magnetic flux density of 0.037 T under the conditions of the active decay heat removal system.