June 2019-March 2020: Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory & Princeton University

Alkali Consulting LLC continues to work on a range of exciting liquid-metal research project at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and Princeton University!  Check out some of our latest work and previous research here:

(Accepted Manuscript) Liquid Metal Diagnostics, M. Hvasta, G. Bruhaug, A. E. Fisher, D. Dudt, and E. Kolemen, Fusion Science and Technology, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2019.1661719

Design of the Flowing LIquid Torus (FLIT), E. Kolemen, M. Hvasta, R. Majeski, R. Maingi, A. Brooks, and T. Kozub, Nuclear Materials and Energy, Vol. 19, May 2019, Pgs. 524-530, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nme.2019.01.005

Study of liquid metal surface wave damping in the presence of magnetic fields and electrical currents, A. E. Fisher, M. G. Hvasta, and E. Kolemen, Nuclear Materials and Energy, Vol. 19, May 2019, Pgs. 101-106, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nme.2019.02.014

Experimental demonstration of hydraulic jump control in liquid metal channel flow using Lorentz force, A. E. Fisher, E. Kolemen, and M. G. Hvasta, Physics of Fluids, Vol. 30, 067104 (2018), https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5026993

Calibrationless rotating Lorentz-force flowmeters for low flow rate applications, M. G. Hvasta, D. Dudt, A. E. Fisher, and E. Kolemen, Measurement Science and Technology, Vol. 29, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6501/aac3b5

Electromagnetic control of heat transport within a rectangular channel filled with flowing liquid metal, M. Modestov, E. Kolemen, A. E. Fisher, and M. G. Hvasta, Nuclear Fusion, Vol. 58, Num. 1, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/aa8bf4

Experimental calibration procedures for rotating Lorentz-force flowmeters, M. G. Hvasta, N. T. Slighton, E. Kolemen, A. E. Fisher, Measurement Science and Technology, Vol. 28, Num. 8, https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6501/aa781b

Application of IR imaging for free-surface velocity measurement in liquid-metal systems (Editor’s Pick), M. G. Hvasta, E. Kolemen, A. Fisher, Review of Scientific Instruments 88, 013501 (2017), https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4973421