Title:
静電流体加速器および流量を制御するための方法
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2007537868
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
An electrostatic fluid acceleration and method of operation thereof includes at least two synchronously powered stages with final or rear-most electrodes of one stage maintained at substantially the same instantaneous voltage as the immediately adjacent initial or forward-most electrodes of a next stage in an airflow direction. A single power supply or synchronized and phase controlled power supplies provide high voltage power to each of the stages such that both the phase and amplitude of the electric power applied to the corresponding electrodes are aligned in time. The frequency and phase control allows neighboring stages to be closely spaced at a distance of from 1 to 2 times an inter-electrode distance within a stage, and, in any case, minimizing or avoiding production of a back corona current from a corona discharge electrode of one stage to an electrode of a neighboring stage. Corona discharge electrodes of neighboring stages may be horizontally aligned, complementary collector electrodes of all stages being similarly horizontally aligned between and horizontally offset from the corona discharge electrodes.
Inventors:
Click Tafovic, Igor A.
Golovets, Vladimir El
Golovets, Vladimir El
Application Number:
JP2007527382A
Publication Date:
December 27, 2007
Filing Date:
May 18, 2005
Export Citation:
Assignee:
KRONOS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
International Classes:
B03C3/40; B03C3/017; B03C3/36; B03C3/68; H01J23/00; H01T19/00; H05H1/24; B03C3/08
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2003511640A | 2003-03-25 | |||
| JP2001025682A | 2001-01-30 | |||
| JPS602832A | 1985-01-09 | |||
| JP2006501630A | 2006-01-12 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kuro Fukami
Toshio Morita
Yoshihei Nakamura
Yutaka Horii
Hisato Noda
Masayuki Sakai
Toshio Morita
Yoshihei Nakamura
Yutaka Horii
Hisato Noda
Masayuki Sakai