here are two links for MHD, magnetohydrodynamics http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/magnetic/maspec.html#c5
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MHD_generator On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 9:49 PM, Jeff Driscoll <jef...@gmail.com> wrote: > I haven't seen that picture but based on earlier stuff I've seen that > axial magnetic field acts as a guide for the expanding plasma - the plasma > first travels axially and then intersects the transverse field at the ends, > > when it hits the transverse field, the electrons spiral towards one > electrode and the positive species spiral to the opposite electrode with > the electrodes connected to a load > > > > On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 9:43 PM, David Roberson <dlrober...@aol.com> wrote: > >> I agree Bob. He needs to rotate the coils 90 degrees as you point out. >> >> Dave >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Bob Higgins <rj.bob.higg...@gmail.com> >> To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com> >> Cc: Bob Higgins <rj.bob.higg...@gmail.com> >> Sent: Mon, Feb 3, 2014 9:37 pm >> Subject: Re: [Vo]:BLP video is out >> >> Has anyone noticed that in Mills' drawings of the MHD converter that he >> has the direction of the coils and the B field wrong for the directions >> that he wants his positive and negative ions to travel? At 53:13, he is >> showing a slide with an axial B field and presumably with the plasma split >> and expanding along the axis. The force on the charges will be normal to >> the B field and it will cause the charges to spiral around the axis. What >> he really wants is a B field that is going along the axis he wants his >> charges to curve, so he wants a B field that would be across his apparatus. >> What he is showing wouldn't work as a DC generator. >> >> Did I get this wrong? >> >> Bob >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 2:14 PM, Nigel Dyer <l...@thedyers.org.uk> wrote: >> >>> >>> http://www.blacklightpower.com/whats-new/ >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Jeff Driscoll > 617-290-1998 > -- Jeff Driscoll 617-290-1998
