Patent ID: 8944370
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: B64C,B64D,F03H,H05H

Abstract:
1. A cascaded dielectric barrier discharge device for accelerating an air flow for propelling a vehicle, comprising: a nozzle having upstream and downstream ends; a dielectric barrier layer along the entire inside periphery of the nozzle; a first annular electrode around the inside periphery of the upstream end of the nozzle and external to the dielectric barrier layer; a second annular electrode around the inside periphery of the nozzle, downstream of the first annular electrode, and internal to the dielectric barrier layer; and a plurality of annular electrodes around the inside periphery of the nozzle, downstream of the first and second annular electrodes, internal to the dielectric barrier layer, and in cascading clusters terminating at the nozzle downstream end.