A closed-circuit magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) system for producing electrical power and a method for producing electrical power by means of a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) generator

摘要

The production of electrical power by means of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) generator. A closed duct system (2) is provided containing a mixture of an electrically-conductive liquid, which is preferably liquid metal, and an organic liquid, and heating means, preferably a solar absorber (4), for heating the mixture in the closed system. An MHD-generator (8) is located along the flow path of a two-phase liquid metal-vapour flow formed by the heated mixture. A condensor (10) condenses the two-phase flow to form a single phase flow of metal liquid containing organic liquid droplets. The single-phase flow is pumped, for example by an MHD pump 14, to be reheated by the heating means (4).