Mathematical modeling and predictions of flow in pulverized-coal combustors for MHD applications

The research being conducted by the Fuels and Combustion Section of the Energy Conversion Division (ECD), The University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI), to obtain, develop, apply and evaluate mathematical models of pulverized coal combustors for magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) applications is described. The research currently underway and that planned for the future are described. Some two-dimensional, isothermal, recirculating combustor flow fields have been calculated and the results presented. These calculations were interpreted to permit a description of the physical processes within the UTSI combustor design.