DocumentCode
1541640
Title
Focal points: Industry education government
Volume
1
Issue
2
fYear
1964
Firstpage
142
Lastpage
167
Abstract
Electricity is produced at low temperature by continuous power generation with use off MPD generator Recently announced was a scientific development stated to be capable of revolutionizing the generation of electricity. Scientists at the Martin Company demonstrated continuous power generation by a magnetoplasmadynamic generator, and verified the principle of magnetically induced nonequilibrium ionization of gas. It is anticipated that with further development, closed-cycle magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) power generation at low temperature may lead to a reliable and economical method of producing electricity for Navy ships, spacecraft, lunar bases, and entire cities.
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSPEC.1964.6500623
Filename
6500623
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