TY - GEN
T1 - Theoretical modeling and corroborative experiments for electro-conjugate fluid flow
AU - Mori, Kento
AU - Yamamoto, Hideki
AU - Takemura, Kenjiro
AU - Yokota, Sinichi
AU - Edamura, Kazuya
PY - 2010/12/6
Y1 - 2010/12/6
N2 - An electro-conjugate fluid (ECF) is a kind of dielectric fluid which produces a powerful flow (ECF jet) when subjected to high DC voltage. The ECF jet is a promising micro fluid power source for actuators and sensors including micro motors [4] [5], liquid rate gyroscope [8] [9] etc. However, these applications are developed upon trials and errors because the theory of the ECF flow has yet to be fully established. In this study we introduce the Coulomb force to develop an ECF flow model. Then we hypothesize that the Coulomb force is occurred by two causes; an inherent dominant charge depending on each fluid and a charge injected from a sharp electrode. The hypotheses are proved by the experimental results in this study.
AB - An electro-conjugate fluid (ECF) is a kind of dielectric fluid which produces a powerful flow (ECF jet) when subjected to high DC voltage. The ECF jet is a promising micro fluid power source for actuators and sensors including micro motors [4] [5], liquid rate gyroscope [8] [9] etc. However, these applications are developed upon trials and errors because the theory of the ECF flow has yet to be fully established. In this study we introduce the Coulomb force to develop an ECF flow model. Then we hypothesize that the Coulomb force is occurred by two causes; an inherent dominant charge depending on each fluid and a charge injected from a sharp electrode. The hypotheses are proved by the experimental results in this study.
KW - Coulomb force
KW - Dielectric liquid
KW - Electro-conjugate fluids
KW - Electrohydrodynamics
KW - Flow visualization
KW - Sumoto effect
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U2 - 10.1109/ICELMACH.2010.5607759
DO - 10.1109/ICELMACH.2010.5607759
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:78649574492
SN - 9781424441754
T3 - 19th International Conference on Electrical Machines, ICEM 2010
BT - 19th International Conference on Electrical Machines, ICEM 2010
T2 - 19th International Conference on Electrical Machines, ICEM 2010
Y2 - 6 September 2010 through 8 September 2010
ER -