Researchers in Beijing say their generator could also be used

 Researchers in Beijing say their generator could also be used for civilian purposes ranging from nuclear fusion energy production to sending a burst of SOS signals. Photo: Handout

The plasma streamed through a component called a magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) generator, a tubelike instrument that can collect energy from the fast moving ions and convert it into electricity.

The MHD generator produced rapid pulses of electric current of up to 212 kilowatts using less than one litre (0.26 gallons) of hypersonic gas, showing its potential to release a burst of energy in an extremely short period of time for military use, according to the researchers.

The MHD generator is a solution to some of the biggest constraints in developing and deploying pulsed energy weapons, which release huge bursts of energy to destroy a target.

Conventional combustion, such as the burning of fossil fuel in a jet engine, cannot produce ionised fluids fast enough for high-power electricity generation.

This type of electricity generation typically requires a large, sophisticated facility with generators that have lots of mechanical components and require regular maintenance.

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