Space Thermo Acoustic Radio-Isotopic Power System: Space TRIPS

Magnetohydrodynamics 2019
Artūrs Brēķis, Jānis Freibergs, Antoine Alemany

The paper presents experimental results on testing a travelling wave thermoacoustic (TAc) engine using argon gas coupled with a 200W, low-power, magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) gene- rator using liquid sodium. The project is a terrestrial test and simulation of a radio isotopic- fed electrical power supply system for deep space applications. A large range of parameters were analyzed, such as TAc generated pressure oscillation amplitude as a function of the mean pressure and temperature of the heater.

Keywords
Magnetohydrodynamics, Thermoacoustics, Space technologies
DOI
10.22364/mhd.55.1-2.1
Hyperlink
http://www.mhd.sal.lv/contents/2019/1/MG.55.1.1.R.html

Brēķis, A., Freibergs, J., Alemany, A. Space Thermo Acoustic Radio-Isotopic Power System: Space TRIPS. Magnetohydrodynamics, 2019, Vol.55, No.1/2, pp.5-14. ISSN 0024-998X. e-ISSN 1574-0579. Available from: doi:10.22364/mhd.55.1-2.1

Publication language
English (en)