Magnetohydrodynamic power plant

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION IN A STATIONARY POWER PLANT, A COMBUSTION CHAMBER, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING PULVERIZED COAL TO SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER, A SEPARATOR FOR SEPARATING OXYGEN FROM AIR, AN AIR COMPRESSOR FOR ASPIRATING AMBIENT AIR AND SUPPLYING THE AIR UNDER PRESSURE TO SAID SEPARATOR, HIGH PRESSURE COMPRESSORS FOR FURTHER COMPRESSING A PORTION OF THE AIR FROM SAID FIRST-NAMED COMPRESSOR AND DELIVERING IT TO SAID SEPARATOR, SAID SEPARATOR UTILIZING THE COMPRESSED AIR OF HIGHER AND LOWER PRESSURE FOR SEPARATION PURPOSES AND PRODUCING SEPARATE QUANTITIES OF SUBSTANTIALLY PURE OXYGEN AND NITROGEN, MEANS FOR COMPRESSING SAID OXYGEN AND MIXING IT WITH A PREDETERMINED QUANTITY OF AIR TO PRODUCE A HIGH PRESSURE MIXTURE, A PREHEATER, MEANS FOR PASSING THE OXYGEN-AIR MIXTURE IN HEAT EXCHANGE RELATIONSHIP THROUGH SAID PREHEATER AND DELIVERING IT TO SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER FOR SUPPORTING COMBUSTION OF THE COAL TO PRODUCE ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE GASES AT HIGH TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE, A MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC GENERATOR CONNECTED TO SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER FOR RECEIVING THE GASES PRODUCED THEREBY, THE GASES EXPANDING THROUGH SAID GENERATOR TO GENERATE ELECTRIC POWER BY MOVEMENT RELATIVE THERETO, THE GASES AFTER LEAVING SAID GENERATOR PASSING IN HEAT EXCHANGE RELATIONSHIP THROUGH SAID PREHEATER FOR PREHEATING AND OXYGEN-AIR MIXTURE, A STEAM POWER PLANT INCLUDING MEANS FOR EXTRACTING HEAT FROM THE GASES EXHAUSTED FROM SAID MHD GENERATOR AND FROM SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND SAID GENERATOR FOR PRODUCING HIGH PRESSURE STEAM, AND A TURBINE THROUGH WHICH THE STEAM IS EXPANDED, SAID TURBINE DRIVING SAID BEFOREMENTIONED COMPRESSORS.