Patent ID: 7053565
Filing Date: 2006-05-30
Classification: B03C,H05H

Abstract:
1. An electrostatic fluid accelerator comprising: a high voltage power source supplying a high voltage power at a particular output voltage and current, said voltage and current waveforms each including constant and alternating components; and an electrostatic fluid accelerator unit comprising a plurality of stages of electrodes, each of said stages of electrodes including at least one corona discharge electrode and at least one complementary electrode, said stages of electrodes arranged in tandem to sequentially accelerate a fluid passing therethrough, said electrodes connected to said high voltage power source to receive said high voltage power with substantially identical waveforms of said alternating component of said output voltage, said complementary electrode of one of said stages and said corona discharge electrode of an immediately subsequent one of said stages maintained at substantially equal syn-phased operating voltages.