Abstract
An innovative coaxial MHD power generator using low-melting point alloy has been proposed for efficient wind power generation. MHD power generation is a kind of the direct-electricity-generation method. In order to develop the generator, three dimensional MHD Taylor Couette flow is simulated using lattice Boltzmann method for MHD based on Dellar 's model. In this study, the coaxial MHD power generation characteristic using the low-melting-point-alloy is investigated at low Reynolds numbers. As the obtained results, the velocity profile is changed due to the effect of the Lorentz force. And output voltage increases linearly with the Reynolds number while sticking Hartmann number to 4.
