Abstract
A sliding discharge-type electrohydrodynamic (EHD) gas pump, utilizing a discrete saw-toothed-plate electrode as a discharge electrode instead of a smooth conventionalplate electrode, has been developed. The effect of the saw-toothed-plate electrode on the gas flow velocity and yield of flow generation of the EHD gas pump were investigated. It was observed that the EHD gas pump can generate a higher gas flow velocity and yield of flow generation than the same design EHD gas pump with the conventionalplate electrode. As a result, a peak gas flow velocity of VG=1.65 m/s from the EHD gas pump with the saw-toothed-plate electrode can be obtained for VP=12.0 kV, which is 2.39 times higher than that of VG =0.69 m/s of the same design EHD gas pump with the conventional-plate electrode. With the saw-toothed-plate electrode, the yield of flow generation of YG=0.435 m/Ws can be obtained for V=8.0 kV, which is 4.53 times higher than that of the same design EHD gas pump with the conventional-plate electrode of Y G=0.096 m/Ws. These enhancements are due to the effect of the saw-toothed-plate electrode being utilized instead of the conventional-plate electrode.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 5492246 |
| Pages (from-to) | 742-747 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| State | Published - Jun 2010 |
Keywords
- Conventional-plate discharge electrode
- EHD gas pump
- Gas flow velocity
- Saw-toothed-plate discharge electrode
- Sliding discharge