| | Advanced Energy Technology Program - MHD Studies |
 | | Practical MHD devices have been in use since the early part of the 20th century; for example, electromagnetic pumping of liquid metals was first described in 1937 by Julian Hartmann [1]. |
 | | Gas-phase MHD is best known in MHD power generation, where, since 1959 [3,4], major efforts have been carried out around the world to develop this technology in order to improve electric conversion efficiency, increase reliability by eliminating moving parts, and reduce emissions from coal and gas plants. |
 | | MHD studies in the Energy Technology program at UC San Diego are concentrated on solving energy recovery problems for magnetic fusion reactors and on advanced energy conversion systems. |
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