Open AccessDISCHARGE PARAMETERS OF MAGNETOPLASMA COMPRESSOR: EFFECT OF EXTERNAL AXIAL MAGNETIC FIELD
Author(s) -
D. G. Solyakov,
Y.E. Volkova,
A. K. Marchenko,
M. S. Ladygina,
V.V. Staltsov,
Yu. V. Petrov,
V. V. Chebotarev,
T.M. Merenkova,
V.A. Makhlaj,
D.V. Yeliseyev
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
problems of atomic science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.216
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1562-6016
pISSN - 1682-9344
DOI - 10.46813/2020-130-074
Subject(s) - magnetic field , torr , solenoid , gas compressor , helium , mechanics , voltage , materials science , magnetic pressure , argon , atomic physics , physics , magnetization , thermodynamics , quantum mechanics
This paper reports the findings of our recent experiments on the evaluation of the external axial magnetic field effect on the discharge parameters of a magnetoplasma compressor (MPC). The discharge-voltage characteristics were obtained for varied magnitudes of an external axial magnetic field produced by a solenoid installed on the accelerating channel. Present experiments were carried out with helium (at the initial pressures of 2 and 10 Torr) and argon (at the initial pressure of 1 Torr) as working gases at different initial voltages. The external magnetic field varied up to 0.4 T. The discharge-voltage characteristics can be altered by the magnitude of the external magnetic field, as well as by the geometrical properties of an accelerating channel.