Solar driven liquid metal mhd power generator

Patent · Tue Jun 14 00:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:5844400

Hohl, F; Lee, J H

A solar energy collector focuses solar energy onto a solar oven which is attached to a mixer which in turn is attached to the channel of a mhd generator. Gas enters the oven and a liquid metal enters the mixer. The gas/liquid metal mixture is heated by the collected solar energy and moves through the mhd generator thereby generating electrical power. The mixture is then separated and recycled.

• Assignee: US NASA Administrator
• Patent Number(s): US 4388542
• OSTI ID: 5844400
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 15 May 1981; Other Information: PAT-APPL-263830
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION
14 SOLAR ENERGY
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SPACE
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EQUIPMENT
HEATING
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POWER
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
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