Electronic edition ISSN 1574-0579

Tests on an ac liquid-metal conduction machine

Yu. A. Bakanov¹ , L. G. Vlasenko¹ , S. E. Dvorchik¹ , Ya. Ya. Zandart¹ , V. K. Makarevich¹ , V. E. Strizhak² , I. M. Tolmach² , S. R. Troitskii¹

¹ Institute of Physics, Latvian Academy of Sciences, Salaspils-1, LV-2169, Latvia
² MHD Laboratory, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Abstract
The design and construction are presented for a high-temperature form of ac conduction machine. Test results are given for a sodium loop in the generator and pump modes. An oscilogram is presented for the self-excitation of the device. A method has been developed for calculating the expected parameters of the machine at high pressures on the basis of tests obtained at small pressure differences.