High-efficiency a.c. mhd apparatus

Claim 1

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC APPARATUS FOR TRANSLATING ENERGY THROUGH A STREAM OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE FLUID, COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICAL WINDINGS FOR DEVELOPING A PERIODICALLY VARYING MAGNETIC FLUID FLEX HAVING AN INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION ALONG A PREDETERMINED ELONGATED PATH, MEANS FUIDING FLOW OF SAID FLUID THROUGH SAID MAGNETIC FLUX FIELD ALONG SAID PATH AND FORMING SUBSTANTIALLY UNOBSTRUCTED PATHS AT THE SITES OF SID ELECTRICAL WINDINGS FOR NET ELECTRICAL CURRENTS INDUCED IN SAID FLUID TO CIRCULATE TRANSVERSELY IN RELATION TO THE DIRECTION OF SAID INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION AND OF SAID FLOW, ELECTRICAL END WINDING MEANS POSITIONED IN ADJOINING RELATIONSHIP TO AT LEAST THE DOWN STREAM END OF SAID ELECTRICAL WINDINGS, AND NON-MAGNETIC AND ELECTRICALLY NON-CONDUCTIVE BAGFLE MEANS SPACED FROM SAID ELECTRICAL WINDINGS ALONG SAID PATH AND UNDERLYING SAID ELECTRICAL END WINDING MEANS, SAID BAFFLES DIVIDING SAID FLOWING GUIDING MEANS INTO FLOW PASSAGEWAYS EXTENDING IN SAID DIRECTION OF SAID FLOW AND SUBSTANTIALLY PREVENTING FLOW OF ELECTRICAL CURRENTS TRANSVERSELY IN RELATION TO SAID PATH AT THE SITE OF SAID END WINDING MEANS.