Magnetohydrodynamic Energy Conversion
Magnetohydrodynamic Energy Conversion
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磁流体动力能量转换
DOI：
10.1063/1.3035269
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发表时间：
1968
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通讯作者：
J. Kelley
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作者：
R. Rosa;J. Kelley
这本书涵盖了磁流体动力学(MHD)最重要的潜在应用之一的所有方面，即大规模发电。首先介绍电离气体的基本性质，最后介绍发电厂的性能。在此过程中，考虑了MHD应用的相关科学和工程方面。从理论和实验两个方面进行了讨论，为正在进行的工作提供了参考。磁流体力学是电动力学、流体动力学、等离子体物理学和化学的结合体，是一门涉及面很广的学科，而且往往具有相当大的数学复杂性。它被用来解释地球的磁场、北极光、太阳黑子的行为，以及从星系中心发出的巨大喷流。它在通过受控热核聚变利用原子能的持续努力中也是有用的。这本书过滤掉了与MDH工程应用相关的主题的那些方面，特别是与发电有关的方面。在这个过程中，它还为其他应用提供了重要的见解，如航空航天推进。对于主要对工程应用感兴趣的人，它因此提供了一种以简明的方式和从实用的角度学习吸引人的主题的方法。
This book covers all aspects of one of the most important potential applications of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), namely large scale electric power generation. The presentation begins with the basic properties of ionized gases and ends with the performance of power plants. Along the way relevant scientific and engineering aspects of MHD application are considered. Both theory and experiment are discussed and references to ongoing work are provided. MHD, a combination of electrodynamics, fluid dynamics, plasma physics, and chemistry, is a subject of enormous breadth, and often of considerable mathematical complexity. It is used to explain the earth's magnetic field, the aurora borealis, the behavior of sunspots, and the gigantic jets that issues from the centers of galaxies. It is also of use in the ongoing effort to harness atomic energy by means of controlled thermonuclear fusion. This book filters out those aspects of the subjects that are relevant to engineering applications of MDH, specifically to power generation. In the process it also affords insights important for other applications, such as aerospace propulsion. For the person interested primarily in engineering applications, it thus offers a way to learn about a fascinating subject in a concise manner and from a practical point of view.