Title:
DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE WIND TUNNEL
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/156413
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Embodiments of the subject invention arc directed to methods and apparatus for inducing fluid flow in a wind tunnel using one or more plasma actuators. In an embodiment, a wind tunnel is provided having a flow passage. A pair of electrodes is positioned on at least one surface of the flow passage, and a voltage potential is applied across the pair of electrodes producing a plasma discharge in the flow passage. In an embodiment, the pair of electrodes is positioned on the at least one surface of the flow passage such that when the plasma discharge is produced an electrohydrodynamic (EHD) body force is generated that induces flow of a fluid in the flow passage.
Inventors:
ROY SUBRATA (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2011/039501
Publication Date:
April 19, 2012
Filing Date:
June 07, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
UNIV FLORIDA (US)
ROY SUBRATA (US)
ROY SUBRATA (US)
International Classes:
G01M9/04; F01D17/00; F04D29/00; F15D1/00; F15D1/12; H05H1/24
Foreign References:
| KR20060107478A | 2006-10-13 | |||
| JP2007317656A | 2007-12-06 | |||
| US20080122252A1 | 2008-05-29 | |||
| US20080067283A1 | 2008-03-20 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
PARKER, James, S. et al. (Lloyd & EisenschenkP.O. Box 14295, Gainesville FL, US)
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