Abstract :
An advanced concept for future large-scale generation of electric power by magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) is described in a recent technical paper. The MHD method, one of the so-called exotic methods of converting heat directly into electricity, extracts electric power from a white-hot stream of ionized gas, or plasma, moving with hurricane speed through a strong magnetic field. When ionized, the gas conducts electricity and can replace the moving coils of wire in a conventional electric generator.
