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MHD generator onboard space vehicle

V. A. Bityurin, A. N. Bocharov

Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Abstract: The idea of extracting electric energy using a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) generator arranged onboard space capsule is considered. For the conditions at one point on the trajectory of Stardust (NASA space probe) mission, it is numerically demonstrated that an electric power of about 3 MW can be gained by the proposed MHD generator, which amounts to abut 5% of the total enthalpy flux.

Received: 22.11.2010

 English version: Technical Physics Letters, 2011, 37:4, 376–378

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