Abstract
Here we review the research project on the superconducting magnets for MHD power generators. This is the one of the main subjects of the developmental research of MHD power generators, which started in 1966 as the National Research and Development Programs sponsored by the Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Ministry of International Trade and Industry.
Some of the results accomplished so far are as follows:
(1) MHD power generation by means of the saddle shaped superconducting magnet with magnetic field of 24kG.
(2) Generation of central magnetic field of 47kG by the saddle shaped superconducting magnet with room temperature diameter of 25cm.
(3) Generation of central magnetic field of 75kG by the pancake shaped superconducting magnet with bore diameter of 10cm.
