Development of a laser-driven MHD electrical power generator for advanced solar-energy conversion

• Project/Area Number: 24561054
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Energy engineering
• Research Institution: Seikei University (2015); Tokyo Institute of Technology (2012-2014)
• Principal Investigator: MURAKAMI TOMOYUKI 成蹊大学, 理工学部, 准教授 (20323818)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥5,330,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,230,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
• Keywords: 電磁流体力学発電 / 大気圧プラズマ / 電磁流体力学 / エネルギー変換 / MHD発電 / 発電 / プラズマ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of the present study is development of an advanced laser-electricity conversion device, i.e. a laser-driven magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) electrical power generator. Power generation experiments using a shock-tube facility, a pulse-power device and a CO2 laser device and multi-dimensional numerical simulations have been carried out to clarify the performance of the high-temperature inert-gas plasma MHD electrical power generation. In particular, the MHD behaviour in a Faraday-type MHD generator has been investigated in detail. In conclusion, we have successfully demonstrated the MHD electrical power generation using laser, which is crucial for the development of advanced solar-energy conversion.

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] Queens University Belast/York University(英国)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Wesleyan University(米国)
• [Int'l Joint Research] INP(ドイツ)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Lublin University of Technology(ポーランド)
• [Journal Article] Plasma fluid flow behavior and power generation characteristics in a high-temperature inert gas plasma Faraday MHD generator (2016)
  • Author(s): M. Tanaka, T. Murakami and Y. Okuno
  • Journal Title: Electrical Engineering in Japan Volume: 194 Issue: 2 Pages: 46-53
  • DOI: 10.1002/eej.22783
  • NAID: 210000182231
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] RF-powered atmospheric pressure plasma jet in surface treatment of high-impact polystyrene (2015)
  • Author(s): J. Pawat, J. Diatczyk, R. Samo and T. Murakami
  • Journal Title: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science Volume: 44 Issue: 3 Pages: 314-320
  • DOI: 10.1109/tps.2015.2436061
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Numerical Simulation of Performance of a High Temperature Inert Gas Plasma Faraday-type MHD Generator (2015)
  • Author(s): M.Tanaka，T.Murakami，Y.Okuno
  • Journal Title: Journal of Propulsion and Power Volume: 31 Issue: 11 Pages: 1362-1369
  • DOI: 10.2514/3.7989
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Experiments on high-temperature inert gas plasma MHD electrical power generation with Hall and diagonal connections (2015)
  • Author(s): F. Komatsu, M. Tanaka, T. Murakami and Y. Okuno
  • Journal Title: Electrical Engineering in Japan Volume: 193 Issue: 3 Pages: 17-23
  • DOI: 10.1002/eej.22761
  • NAID: 210000160068
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Power generation experiments with a high temperature inert gas plasma Faraday type MHD generator (2015)
  • Author(s): M. Tanaka, T. Murakami and Y. Okuno
  • Journal Title: Electrical Engineering in Japan Volume: 193 Issue: 4 Pages: 58-65
  • DOI: 10.1002/eej.22768
  • NAID: 210000175019
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Investigating the dynamics of laser induced sparks in atmospheric helium using Rayleigh and Thomson scattering (2015)
  • Author(s): E. Nedanovska, G. Nersisyan, T. J. Morgan, L. Huwel, T. Murakami, C.L.S Lewis, D. Riley, and W.G. Graham
  • Journal Title: Journal of Applied Physics Volume: 117 Issue: 1 Pages: 013302-013302
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.4905190
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Plasma Characteristics and Performance of Magnetohydrodynamic Generator with High-Temperature Inert Gas Plasma (2014)
  • Author(s): M.Tanaka, T.Murakami, Y.Okuno
  • Journal Title: IEEE Trans. Plasma Science Volume: 142 Issue: 12 Pages: 4020-4025
  • DOI: 10.1109/tps.2014.2365591
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Contribution of electrons, Ar(3P0,2), H2O+, and H3O+ to production of OH(A2Σ+) in a micro dielectric barrier discharge of Ar/H2O (2014)
  • Author(s): T. Shirafuji and T. Murakami
  • Journal Title: Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. Volume: 54 Issue: 1S Pages: 01AC03-01AC03
  • DOI: 10.7567/jjap.54.01ac03
  • NAID: 210000144737
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Experiments of High Temperature Inert Gas Plasma MHD Electrical Power Generation with Hall and Diagonal Connections (2014)
  • Author(s): 小松文彦，田中 学，村上朝之，奥野喜裕
  • Journal Title: IEEJ Transactions on Power and Energy Volume: 134 Issue: 7 Pages: 620-625
  • DOI: 10.1541/ieejpes.134.620
  • NAID: 130004446668
  • ISSN: 0385-4213, 1348-8147
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Power Generation Experiments with a High Temperature Inert Gas Plasma Faraday Type MHD Generator (2014)
  • Author(s): 田中 学，村上朝之，奥野喜裕
  • Journal Title: IEEJ Transactions on Power and Energy Volume: 134 Issue: 7 Pages: 614-619
  • DOI: 10.1541/ieejpes.134.614
  • NAID: 130004446667
  • ISSN: 0385-4213, 1348-8147
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Plasma Fluid Flow Behavior and Power Generation Characteristics in a High-Temperature Inert Gas Plasma Faraday Type MHD Generator (2014)
  • Author(s): 田中 学，村上朝之，奥野喜裕
  • Journal Title: IEEJ Transactions on Power and Energy Volume: 134 Issue: 5 Pages: 464-469
  • DOI: 10.1541/ieejpes.134.464
  • NAID: 130004869761
  • ISSN: 0385-4213, 1348-8147
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Influence of Inlet total temperature on the Performance of MHD Generator with High-Temperature Inert Gas Plasma (2014)
  • Author(s): M. Tanaka, T. Murakami and Y. Okuno
  • Journal Title: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science Volume: -
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] High-temperature inert gas plasma magnetohydrodynamic energy conversion by using linear-shaped Faraday-type channel (2013)
  • Author(s): T.Murakami, Y.Zhuang, Y.Okuno
  • Journal Title: Journal of Applied Physics Volume: 113 Issue: 6 Pages: 0633031-6
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.4792056
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Chemical kinetics and reactive species in atmospheric pressure helium-oxygen plasmas with humid air impurities (2013)
  • Author(s): T. Murakami
  • Journal Title: Plasma Sources Science and Technology Volume: 22 Issue: 1 Pages: 15003-15003
  • DOI: 10.1088/0963-0252/22/1/015003
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Laser Plasma Effects in Water (2016)
  • Author(s): T. J . Morgan
  • Organizer: IOP Plasma Physics Conference
  • Place of Presentation: 連合王国
  • Year and Date: 2016-05-23
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Modeling of atmospheric pressure plasmas reacting with air and water (2016)
  • Author(s): T. Murakami
  • Organizer: APCPST2016
  • Place of Presentation: 中華人民共和国
  • Year and Date: 2016-05-20
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Atmospheric-pressure plasma chemistry, Fundamental and application (2016)
  • Author(s): T. Murakami
  • Organizer: QUB Workshop on Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy
  • Place of Presentation: 連合王国
  • Year and Date: 2016-03-01
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Laser interactions at the interface between water and air (2016)
  • Author(s): T. J . Morgan
  • Organizer: Atomic Molecular Optical International Workshop
  • Place of Presentation: メキシコ
  • Year and Date: 2016-01-05
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Key insights into the reacting kinetics of atmospheric pressure plasmas using He+N2/O2/CO2/H2O/Air mixtures (2015)
  • Author(s): T. Murakami
  • Organizer: GEC-68/ICRP-9/SPP-33
  • Place of Presentation: 合衆国
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-15
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Laser induced breakdown at the air-water interface (2015)
  • Author(s): T. Murakami
  • Organizer: eCOST CMST-TD1208&MPNS-MP1101
  • Place of Presentation: イタリア
  • Year and Date: 2015-09-15
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Key pathways and networks in the reaction kinetics of atmospheric-pressure plasmas (2015)
  • Author(s): T. Murakami
  • Organizer: German Japanese Collaboration on Cold Plasma Medicine
  • Place of Presentation: ドイツ
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-20
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Key insights into the chemical reaction kinetics of atmospheric-pressure non-thermal plasmas (2015)
  • Author(s): T. Murakami
  • Organizer: 7th International Symposium on Advanced Plasma Science and its Applications for Nitrides and Nanomaterials / 8th International Conference on Plasma-Nano Technology & Science
  • Place of Presentation: 愛知県名古屋大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-03-27 – 2015-03-30
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Non-equilibrium chemical network in atmospheric-pressure non-thermal plasmas (2014)
  • Author(s): T. Murakami
  • Organizer: 24th Annual Meeting of Materials Research Society of Japan
  • Place of Presentation: 横浜市開港記念館
  • Year and Date: 2014-12-10 – 2014-12-12
  • Invited
• [Presentation] 大気圧プラズマのモデリング：化学反応ネットワークの理解 (2014)
  • Author(s): 村上朝之
  • Organizer: 非平衡反応場の創出と化学合成プロセスへの応用
  • Place of Presentation: 東京都東京工業大学
  • Year and Date: 2014-11-28
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Global modelling of chemical kinetics and reactive species in atmospheric-pressure helium-oxygen plasmas with humid-air impurities (2014)
  • Author(s): T. Murakami
  • Organizer: PLASMA2014
  • Place of Presentation: 新潟県朱鷺メッセ
  • Year and Date: 2014-11-18 – 2014-11-21
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Numerical Simulation of Performance of a High Temperature Inert Gas Plasma Faraday-type MHD Generator with Segmented Electrodes (2014)
  • Author(s): M. Tanaka
  • Organizer: AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum and Exposition
  • Place of Presentation: オハイオ（ＵＳＡ）
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-28 – 2014-07-30
• [Presentation] Kinetic chemistry modelling for plasma medicine (2014)
  • Author(s): T. Murakami
  • Organizer: International Workshop on Diagnostics and Modelling for Plasma Medicine
  • Place of Presentation: 奈良県新公会堂
  • Year and Date: 2014-05-23 – 2014-05-24
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Plasma structure and performance in a high temperature inert gas plasma MHD generator (2013)
  • Author(s): M. Tanaka
  • Organizer: 12nd International Conference on Fluid Control, Measurements, and Visualization
  • Place of Presentation: 奈良県新公会堂（奈良県）
• [Presentation] Magnetohydrodynamic energy conversion using high-temperature inert-gas plasma (2013)
  • Author(s): T. Murakami
  • Organizer: 31st International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases
  • Place of Presentation: グラナダ（スペイン）
• [Presentation] Experiments of High Temperature Inert Gas Plasma MHD Power Generation with a Faraday Type Generator (2013)
  • Author(s): M. Tanaka
  • Organizer: 44th AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference
  • Place of Presentation: サンディエゴ（アメリカ合衆国）
• [Presentation] インパルス放電希ガス加熱を利用したMHD発電機の基礎特性 (2013)
  • Author(s): 小林洋平
  • Organizer: 電気学会全国大会
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋
• [Presentation] 高温希ガスプラズマMHD発電機の発電性能に対する入口温度圧力条件の影響 (2013)
  • Author(s): 田中学
  • Organizer: 電気学会全国大会
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋
• [Presentation] High-temperature inert-gas plasma magnetohydrodynamic electrical power generation (2012)
  • Author(s): T. Murakami
  • Organizer: 9th International Conference on Flow Dynamics
  • Place of Presentation: Sendai
• [Presentation] 高温希ガスプラズマファラデー形MHD発電機の発電特性に関する数値計算 (2012)
  • Author(s): 鈴木仁章
  • Organizer: 電気学会 新エネルギー・環境研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京
• [Presentation] インパルス放電希ガス加熱を利用したMHD発電実験 (2012)
  • Author(s): 小林洋平
  • Organizer: 電気学会 新エネルギー・環境研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京
• [Presentation] 衝撃波管駆動高温希ガスプラズマMHD発電実験 (2012)
  • Author(s): 庄雲欽
  • Organizer: 電気学会 新エネルギー・環境研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京
• [Remarks] プラズマエネルギーデザイン研究室
  • URL: http://www.sd.seikei.ac.jp/lab/pedl/index.html