Research Article

Active Flow Control of the Magnetohydrodynamic Flow in an Annular Linear Induction Pump by Modifying the Driving Electromagnetic Field

Table 1

Main parameters of the numerical model (liquid sodium at 220°C) [6].

ParametersValues

Simulated flow rate (m3/min)5.3
Radius of the center of the flow channel (m)0.148
Height of the flow channel (m)0.012
Total length of the ALIP (m)1.450
Density of liquid sodium (kg/m3)898.25
Conductivity of liquid sodium (S/m)
Kinetic viscosity of liquid sodium (m2/s)
Relative magnetic permeability of liquid sodium1