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    An MHD generator directly converts thermal and kinetic energy into electricity by passing hot ionized gas through a magnetic field. It works similarly to a conventional generator by moving a conductor through a magnetic field to induce a current, except it uses hot ionized gas as the conductor. The basic design involves accelerating hot gas in a nozzle and channel with a powerful magnetic field across it. This establishes an electric field perpendicular to the gas flow and magnetic field lines. Electrodes along the walls of the channel parallel to the magnetic field allow electricity to be drawn from the generator. Coal-fired MHD systems have been favored due to coal's high burning temperatures providing thermal ionization of the gas. Other proposed MHD systems use nuclear, solar,

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    An MHD generator directly converts thermal and kinetic energy into electricity by passing hot ionized gas through a magnetic field. It works similarly to a conventional generator by moving a conductor through a magnetic field to induce a current, except it uses hot ionized gas as the conductor. The basic design involves accelerating hot gas in a nozzle and channel with a powerful magnetic field across it. This establishes an electric field perpendicular to the gas flow and magnetic field lines. Electrodes along the walls of the channel parallel to the magnetic field allow electricity to be drawn from the generator. Coal-fired MHD systems have been favored due to coal's high burning temperatures providing thermal ionization of the gas. Other proposed MHD systems use nuclear, solar,

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    An MHD generator directly converts thermal and kinetic energy into electricity by passing hot ionized gas through a magnetic field. It works similarly to a conventional generator by moving a conductor through a magnetic field to induce a current, except it uses hot ionized gas as the conductor. The basic design involves accelerating hot gas in a nozzle and channel with a powerful magnetic field across it. This establishes an electric field perpendicular to the gas flow and magnetic field lines. Electrodes along the walls of the channel parallel to the magnetic field allow electricity to be drawn from the generator. Coal-fired MHD systems have been favored due to coal's high burning temperatures providing thermal ionization of the gas. Other proposed MHD systems use nuclear, solar,

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    Magneto Hydrodynamic Power Generator

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    An MHD generator directly converts thermal and kinetic energy into electricity by passing hot ionized gas through a magnetic field. It works similarly to a conventional generator by moving a conductor through a magnetic field to induce a current, except it uses hot ionized gas as the conductor. The basic design involves accelerating hot gas in a nozzle and channel with a powerful magnetic field across it. This establishes an electric field perpendicular to the gas flow and magnetic field lines. Electrodes along the walls of the channel parallel to the magnetic field allow electricity to be drawn from the generator. Coal-fired MHD systems have been favored due to coal's high burning temperatures providing thermal ionization of the gas. Other proposed MHD systems use nuclear, solar,

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    Magneto hydrodynamic power generator

    A magneto hydrodynamic generator (MHD generator) is a magneto


    hydrodynamic converter that transforms thermal energy and kinetic
    energy directly into electricity. An MHD generator, like a conventional
    generator, relies on moving a conductor through a magnetic field to
    generate electric current.
    Principles of operation

    The basic structure of an MHD generator is shown in the figure. In an MHD generator
    the hot gas is accelerated by a nozzle and injected into a channel. A powerful magnetic
    field is set up across the channel. In accordance with Faraday’s law of induction,
    an electric field is established that acts in a direction perpendicular to both the gas flow
    and the magnetic field. The walls of the channel parallel to the magnetic field serve
    as electrodes and enable the generator to provide an electric current to an external
    circuit.

    Simple MHD generatorThe load current is represented by I and the voltage by V.


    Major types of MHD systems
    Coal-fired MHD systems
    The choice of type of MHD generator depends on the fuel to be used and the
    application. The abundance of coal reserves throughout much of the world has favoured
    the development of coal-fired MHD systems for electric power production. Coal can be
    burned at a temperature high enough to provide thermal ionization. However, as the gas
    expands along the duct or channel, its electrical conductivity drops along with its
    temperature.

    Other MHD systems


    In addition to natural gas as a fuel source, more-exotic MHD power generation systems
    have been proposed. Conventional nuclear reactors can employ hydrogen, or a noble
    gas such as argon or helium, as the working fluid, but they operate at temperatures that
    are too low to produce the thermal ionization used in MHD generators. Thus, some form
    of nonequilibrium ionization using seeding material is necessary.

    In theory, solar concentrators can provide thermal energy at a temperature high enough
    to provide thermal ionization. Thus, solar-based MHD systems have potential, provided
    that solar collectors can be developed that operate reliably for extended periods at high
    temperatures.

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