{
  "title": "NASA 2001 nonequilibrium MHD-bypass ionizer power comparison",
  "source": "Park, Bogdanoff and Mehta, Power Requirement for Nonequilibrium MHD-Bypass Scramjet, AIAA 2001-0463 conference preprint, NASA NTRS 20010066491, printed pp. 1, 5-7.",
  "source_url": "https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20010066491",
  "source_pdf": "https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20010066491/downloads/20010066491.pdf",
  "source_pdf_sha256": "3ABB57E0BF742FA5248B750E9EC4F3F124376D8F403CB0E3A1B20A88713EACE6",
  "data": [
    {
      "quantity": "External ionizer power required",
      "power_mw": 827,
      "evidence": "model result, rounded from 8.27e8 W",
      "color": "#e454b7"
    },
    {
      "quantity": "MHD generator power produced",
      "power_mw": 151,
      "evidence": "model result, rounded from 1.51e8 W",
      "color": "#46c4ed"
    }
  ],
  "calculation": {
    "ionizer_to_generator_power_ratio": 5.4768,
    "source_rounded_values_used": true
  },
  "case": "Modeled vehicle at 2500 m/s and 0.5 atm dynamic pressure, with cesium seeding; generator conductivity 109 S/m, field 1.47 T, and generator entrance temperature 1100 K. The source reports 8.27e8 W ionizer demand and 1.51e8 W generated power, rounded here to 827 MW and 151 MW.",
  "additional_reported_quantity": "The paper reports external power divided by hydrogen fuel energy as 0.85 for this modeled case, with fuel energy calculated assuming complete combustion at room temperature. This is the authors\u2019 reported case metric and is not independently recomputed here.",
  "assumptions_and_limits": [
    "The analysis assumed a 100%-efficient nonequilibrium ionization device; this is a theoretical best-case assumption, not a measured device efficiency.",
    "The authors describe one-dimensional flow and ideal MHD devices, assumed no shock inside the generator, and included a separate calculation with skin friction.",
    "The external ionizer power is about 5.48 times the reported gross generator power in this one case; this comparison is not a complete electrical bus or net aircraft power balance.",
    "This is a NASA-hosted conference preprint/model, not an experimental integrated propulsion test or evidence of flight benefit.",
    "The graphic transcribes rounded Table 1 values; no graph points are digitized."
  ],
  "reproduction": "python nasa-ionizer-power-comparison.py",
  "new_physical_result_claimed": false
}