Study of integral arrangement of MHD pumps transporting molten metals or salts

The paper deals with one of the fundamental possibilities of improving magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) pumps based on the integration of effects of elementary MHD minipumps distributed along the pipe through which they transport the considered liquid. The crucial point of the work consists in computer modeling of this integral arrangement (system of minipumps) and presentation of the results that demonstrate their advantages–reduction of electric currents flowing through the minipumps and consequent reduction of the total ohmic losses in the system