A Student Senior Project: Magneto Hydrodynamic Renewable Power

Alireza Kavianpour; Jonathan Ramirez

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Conference: 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Publication Date: August 23, 2022
Start Date: June 26, 2022
End Date: June 29, 2022
Conference Session: CIT Division Technical Session #11
Page Count: 14
DOI: 10.18260/1-2--40418
Permanent URL: https://peer.asee.org/40418
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Alireza Kavianpour DeVry University, Pomona

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Dr. Alireza Kavianpour received his PH.D. Degree from University of Southern California (USC). He is currently Senior Professor at DeVry University, Pomona, CA. Dr. Kavianpour is the author and co-author of over fifty technical papers all published in IEEE Journals or referred conferences. Before joining DeVry University he was a researcher at the University of California, Irvine and consultant at Qualcom Inc. His main interests are in the areas of embedded systems and computer architecture.

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Abstract

Summary The senior projects course is an important assessment tool for technology related majors. Almost every university uses this course for evaluating graduates. The requirements can vary from university to university. Often, the course consists of research on a selected topic, design, presentation for review by judges (faculty, staff, and industry representative), and a final document.

In this paper the process of the designing and building of a student senior project based on using oceans saline water for generating electricity will be explained. Once this power is captured, it can be put to work in the isolated regions for a long-term use. Many literatures explain conversion of renewable sources such as: kinetic, potential, thermal, electromagnetic, and chemical to electrical energy. However, the tool designed by the authors are novel and very attractive especially considering the fact that ocean has about 3.5% saline composition. This project is intended to be used in saline oceans where there is a constant supply of salt water to feed the device and produce electricity. Introduction Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD; also magneto-fluid dynamics or hydromagnetic) is the study of the magnetic properties and behavior of electrically conducting fluids. Examples of such magneto¬fluids include plasmas, liquid metals, salt water, and electrolytes. The word "magneto¬hydro¬dynamics" is derived from magneto- meaning magnetic field, hydro- meaning water, and dynamics meaning movement. The field of MHD was initiated by Hannes Alfvén,[1] for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1970. The fundamental concept behind MHD is that magnetic fields can induce currents in a moving conductive fluid, which in turn polarizes the fluid and reciprocally changes the magnetic field itself. The set of equations that describe MHD are a combination of the Navier–Stokes equations of fluid dynamics and Maxwell’s equations of electro¬magnetism. The concept of Magneto Hydrodynamics is usually studied with plasmas but can also include electrolytic fluids such as saline water. Using a magnetic field provided by a permanent magnet, an electric field via two zinc electrodes, and an electrolytic fluid (in this case saltwater), one can generate propulsion (displacement of electrolytic fluid) or, an electric current across electrodes. This is true with any generator, for example an electric motor can generate either an electric current or kinetic rotational energy. Project Objectives This student project has been divided into the following steps: 1-Research 2-Proposal 3-Bills of material 4-Progress reports 5- Design and Testing 6-Final Document and presentation

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Kavianpour, A., & Ramirez, J. (2022, August), A Student Senior Project: Magneto Hydrodynamic Renewable Power Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--40418

TY - CPAPER
AB - Summary
The senior projects course is an important assessment tool for technology related majors. Almost every university uses this course for evaluating graduates. The requirements can vary from university to university. Often, the course consists of research on a selected topic, design, presentation for review by judges (faculty, staff, and industry representative), and a final document.

In this paper the process of the designing and building of a student senior project based on using oceans saline water for generating electricity will be explained.
Once this power is captured, it can be put to work in the isolated regions for a long-term use. Many literatures explain conversion of renewable sources such as: kinetic, potential, thermal, electromagnetic, and chemical to electrical energy. However, the tool designed by the authors are novel and very attractive especially considering the fact that ocean has about 3.5% saline composition. This project is intended to be used in saline oceans where there is a constant supply of salt water to feed the device and produce electricity.
Introduction
Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD; also magneto-fluid dynamics or hydromagnetic) is the study of the magnetic properties and behavior of electrically conducting fluids. Examples of such magneto¬fluids include plasmas, liquid metals, salt water, and electrolytes. The word "magneto¬hydro¬dynamics" is derived from magneto- meaning magnetic field, hydro- meaning water, and dynamics meaning movement. The field of MHD was initiated by Hannes Alfvén,[1] for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1970.
The fundamental concept behind MHD is that magnetic fields can induce currents in a moving conductive fluid, which in turn polarizes the fluid and reciprocally changes the magnetic field itself. The set of equations that describe MHD are a combination of the Navier–Stokes equations of fluid dynamics and Maxwell’s equations of electro¬magnetism.
The concept of Magneto Hydrodynamics is usually studied with plasmas but can also include electrolytic fluids such as saline water. Using a magnetic field provided by a permanent magnet, an electric field via two zinc electrodes, and an electrolytic fluid (in this case saltwater), one can generate propulsion (displacement of electrolytic fluid) or, an electric current across electrodes. This is true with any generator, for example an electric motor can generate either an electric current or kinetic rotational energy.
Project Objectives
This student project has been divided into the following steps:
1-Research
2-Proposal
3-Bills of material
4-Progress reports
5- Design and Testing
6-Final Document and presentation

AU - Alireza Kavianpour
AU - Jonathan Ramirez
CY - Minneapolis, MN
DA - 2022/08/23
PB - ASEE Conferences
TI - A Student Senior Project: Magneto Hydrodynamic Renewable Power
UR - https://peer.asee.org/40418
DO - 10.18260/1-2--40418
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