Optimally loaded electrohydrodynamic power generator
By: O. Biblarz and T. H. Gawain
Contributors: Gawain, Theodore Henry; Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Monterey, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Mathematical models; Electrohydrodynamic generators; Design and construction
Description: By requiring that the local electrical field strength in an electrohydrodynamic (EHD) power generator be everywhere uniformly close to the critical limit, an optimum channel shape can be established. This shape is based on the one-dimensional flow of a compressible fluid into which are injected unipolar charged particles of negligible mobility. The maximum electrical work output per unit mass of fluid that can be attained in this way is shown to be greater by a factor of two than that of the best comparable channel of uniform area.
Notes: "NPS-67-79-011"--Cover.

"October 1979"--Cover.

Title from cover.

"Prepared for: Department of Energy, Washington, DC."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 31).

"Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited"--Cover.

Technical report; 1979.

ck/ 6/2/09.