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Commonly used terms in the Electrical industry.
magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) generator
a heat-to-electricity conversion device with an intermediate kinetic energy stage. In the MHD generator, a partially conducting gas is heated by a fuel-fired source or a nuclear reactor to convert the heat energy to kinetic energy, and then passed between the poles of an electromagnet, which converts some of the kinetic energy to electrical energy. The electrical energy is collected through a pair of electrodes situated in the gas channel.