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Title: Airflow produced by dielectric barrier discharge between asymmetric parallel rod electrodes

Journal Article · · Review of Scientific Instruments
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2754505· OSTI ID:21024296
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  1. Power and Industrial Systems Research and Development Center, Toshiba Corporation, Power Systems Company, 20-1 Kansei-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-0034 (Japan)

We observed a novel type of airflow produced by an atmospheric rf discharge between asymmetric parallel rod electrodes. The electrodes were a bare metal rod 1 mm in diameter and a glass-coated metal rod 3.2 mm in diameter. The thrust, measured by a pendulum, increased with discharge input power.

OSTI ID:
21024296
Journal Information:
Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 78, Issue 9; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2754505; (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0034-6748
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English