IONIC FLUID FLOW ACCELERATOR
First Claim
1. An electrohydrodynamic fluid accelerator apparatus comprising:
- a corona electrode having an axial shape and configured to receive a first voltage; and
a collector electrode disposed coaxially around the at least one corona electrode and configured to receive a second voltage,wherein application of the first and second voltages on the corona electrode and the collector electrode, respectively, causes fluid proximate to the corona electrode to ionize and travel in a first direction between the corona electrode and the collector electrode, causing other fluid molecules to travel in a second direction to generate a fluid stream.
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Abstract
An electrohydrodynamic fluid accelerator apparatus includes a corona electrode having an axial shape and configured to receive a first voltage. The electrohydrodynamic fluid accelerator apparatus includes a collector electrode disposed coaxially around the at least one corona electrode and configured to receive a second voltage. Application of the first and second voltages on the corona electrode and the collector electrode, respectively, causes fluid proximate to the corona electrode to ionize and travel in a first direction between the corona electrode and the collector electrode, thereby causing other fluid molecules to travel in a second direction to generate a fluid stream. In at least one embodiment of the invention, the ionized fluid proximate to the emitter electrode travels in a radial direction from the corona electrode to the collector electrode, causing the other fluid molecules to travel in an axial direction to thereby generate the fluid stream.
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33 Claims
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1. An electrohydrodynamic fluid accelerator apparatus comprising:
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a corona electrode having an axial shape and configured to receive a first voltage; and a collector electrode disposed coaxially around the at least one corona electrode and configured to receive a second voltage, wherein application of the first and second voltages on the corona electrode and the collector electrode, respectively, causes fluid proximate to the corona electrode to ionize and travel in a first direction between the corona electrode and the collector electrode, causing other fluid molecules to travel in a second direction to generate a fluid stream. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method comprising:
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generating ions in fluid proximate to a corona electrode having an axial shape; generating ion flow in a first direction between the corona electrode and a collector electrode, the collector electrode being disposed coaxially around the corona electrode; and generating a fluid flow in a second direction based on the ion flow in the first direction to thereby generate a fluid stream having a first flow rate. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. An electrohydrodynamic fluid accelerator apparatus comprising:
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means for generating ions in a fluid; means for accelerating the ions in a first direction; wherein the means for generating and means for accelerating are configured to generate fluid flow in a second direction based on the ion flow in the first direction to thereby generate a fluid stream having a first flow rate. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33)
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