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|    Gordon D. Pusch to msu1049321@aol.com    |
|    Re: Project Prometheus--turbine or MHD?    |
|    25 Feb 04 02:52:23    |
      From: g_d_pusch_remove_underscores@xnet.com              msu1049321@aol.com (MSu1049321) writes:              > If an MHD, you have exhaust that can be an additional, albeit minor,       > source of thrust.              I think you will find that to produce a reasonable amount of power, you       will need to use a rather significant (i.e., not a "minor") flow of mass,       which would quickly exhaust your supply of working fluid unless you are       running a "closed cycle" MHD unit...                     -- Gordon D. Pusch              perl -e '$_ = "gdpusch\@NO.xnet.SPAM.com\n"; s/NO\.//; s/SPAM\.//; print;'              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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