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US3356871A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Continuous reheat magnetohydrodynamic generating duct arrangement

Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp
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Filing: 1963-11-27
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Granted: 1967-12-05
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Expires: 1983-11-27
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Richard L Hundstad

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 20:02
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02K; H02K44/00; H02K44/08; H02K44/12

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 135 words
A CONTINUOUS REHEAT MAGNETOHYDRRODYNAMIC GENERATING DUCT ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING AN ELONGATED DUCT MEMBER HAVING AN ELONGATED CHANNEL EXTENDING BETWEEN ELECTRODE MEANS DISPOSED ON LATERALLY SPACED WALLS THEREOF, SAID CHANNEL PROVIDING A FLOW PATH THROUGH WHICH PRIMARY CONDUCTIVE FLUID IS TRANSPORTED FROM A COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND ACROSS WHICH A MAGNETIC FIELD IS ESTABLISHED TRANSERSELY OF THE INTERELECTRODE DIRECTION BY SUITABLE FLUX PRODUCING MEANS, SAID PRIMARY CONDUCTIVE FLUID HAVING AN EXCESS OF A COMBUSTION AGENT, AND MEANS FOR INJECTING ANOTHER COMBUSTION AGENT NONHOMOGENEOUSLY INTO SAID PRIMARY FLUID FOR COMBUSTION WITH THE FIRST MENTIONED COMBUSTION AGENT IN AT LEAST ONE COMBUSTION ZONE WHICH EXTENDS LONGITUDINALLY ALONG AT LEAST A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF SAID CHANNEL AND SUBSTANTIALLY ENTIRELY ACROSS SAID CHANNEL IN THE INTERELECTRODE DIRECTION AND GENERALLY IN PLANES PARALLEL TO THE DIRECTION OF THE ELECTRIC FIELD BETWEEN THE ELECTRODES.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 135 words
A CONTINUOUS REHEAT MAGNETOHYDRRODYNAMIC GENERATING DUCT ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING AN ELONGATED DUCT MEMBER HAVING AN ELONGATED CHANNEL EXTENDING BETWEEN ELECTRODE MEANS DISPOSED ON LATERALLY SPACED WALLS THEREOF, SAID CHANNEL PROVIDING A FLOW PATH THROUGH WHICH PRIMARY CONDUCTIVE FLUID IS TRANSPORTED FROM A COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND ACROSS WHICH A MAGNETIC FIELD IS ESTABLISHED TRANSERSELY OF THE INTERELECTRODE DIRECTION BY SUITABLE FLUX PRODUCING MEANS, SAID PRIMARY CONDUCTIVE FLUID HAVING AN EXCESS OF A COMBUSTION AGENT, AND MEANS FOR INJECTING ANOTHER COMBUSTION AGENT NONHOMOGENEOUSLY INTO SAID PRIMARY FLUID FOR COMBUSTION WITH THE FIRST MENTIONED COMBUSTION AGENT IN AT LEAST ONE COMBUSTION ZONE WHICH EXTENDS LONGITUDINALLY ALONG AT LEAST A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF SAID CHANNEL AND SUBSTANTIALLY ENTIRELY ACROSS SAID CHANNEL IN THE INTERELECTRODE DIRECTION AND GENERALLY IN PLANES PARALLEL TO THE DIRECTION OF THE ELECTRIC FIELD BETWEEN THE ELECTRODES.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1970-12-04 1971-06-05 1971-12-05 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1974-12-04 1975-06-05 1975-12-05 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1978-12-04 1979-06-05 1979-12-05 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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