Magnetohydrodynamic drive
Magnetohydrodynamic drive A Magnetohydrodynamic drive or MHD propulsor, is a method proposed ... and inexpensive. Also known as a caterpillar drive for submarines, this was popularised in ...
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Talk:Magnetohydrodynamic drive
Talk:Magnetohydrodynamic drive An experimental MHD drive was installed onto the Russian submarine Red ... movie The Hunt For Red October. This drive allowed the sub to be nearly silent ... thus undetectable) while moving. As the MHD drive requires a substantial magnetic field, would ...
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Caterpillar drive
Caterpillar drive In Tom Clancy's novel The Hunt ... the movie based on it, the caterpillar drive (Magneto-Hydrodynamic Propulsion) is a form of ... developed by the Soviet Union See also Magnetohydrodynamic drive. The MHD drive was the basis of the "Yamato" ...
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Magnet-hydrodynamic drive   (translated from German)
Magnet-hydrodynamic drive Magnet-hydrodynamic drive, also MHA (English MHD drive) mentioned, is a drive principle for Vessels . The principle is based ... there is still no durably functioning, MH drive which can be operated economically. Center ...
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Quiet Electric Drive
Quiet Electric Drive Quiet Electric Drive (QED) - sometimes called by the misnomer Quiet Electronic Drive - is an ONR-sponsored program to develop ... Department, including the PRC (China)". See also Magnetohydrodynamic drive References Bail Denied for Couple Allegedly ...
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Soviet submarine Red October
... December 3, 1984 (after retrofitting of caterpillar drive) General Characteristics Length 188.41 m (618 ... reactors Backup diesel engines 2 brass propellers Magnetohydrodynamic drive (movie) Hydrojet drive (book) Complement 163 men/officers* Armament: 4 ... revolutionary stealth propulsion system called the "caterpillar drive", a Magnetohydrodynamic drive in the movie ...
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Magnetohydrodynamics
... apart before it could have formed. However, magnetohydrodynamic effects transfer the Sun's angular momentum ... a boat, the 'Yamoto', which uses a magnetohydrodynamic drive, is driven by a liquid helium-cooled ... Electromagnetic casting Ferrofluid Magnetic reconnection MHD generator Magnetohydrodynamic drive Nuclear reactor liquid-metal cooling Plasma ...
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MHD generator
MHD generator The MHD (magnetohydrodynamic) generator or dynamo, is for the direct ... byproducts. Generator efficiency The efficiency of the magnetohydrodynamic generator in a single stage is estimated ... gases of such a plant through a magnetohydrodynamic generator before traditional thermal to electrical conversion ... 65 percent. Similarly, the employment of a magnetohydrodynamic generator is conceivable in series with a ... By pumping the reactor coolant through a magnetohydrodynamic generator before a traditional heat exchanger ...
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Submarine
... of them. This allowed the engine to drive the electric motor as a generator to ... no longer attached to the motor/propeller drive shaft but drove a separate generator which would drive the motors on the surface and/or ... possible propulsion system for submarines is the magnetohydrodynamic drive, or "caterpillar drive", which has no ...
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The Hunt for Red October
... be noted that the movie's "revolutionary" magnetohydrodynamic drive that acts as the main driver of ... the book, Red October uses a tunnel drive that operates like a jet engine. Plot ... stealth propulsion system (in the movie, a magnetohydrodynamic drive), making it extremely difficult to detect ...
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