Patent ID: 8764410

Claim:
A method for conveying at least one heat exchange medium, comprising: providing at least one first fluid of the heat exchange medium having a first permittivity; providing at least one second fluid of the heat exchange medium, wherein the second fluid does not mix with the first fluid and has a second permittivity less than the first permittivity; forming at least one dielectric boundary surface between the first fluid and the second fluid; and exposing the at least one dielectric boundary surface to a progressively and locally excited electric displacement field exerting a displacement force on the at least one dielectric boundary surface, wherein: the displacement force causes the dielectric boundary surface to move locations, and the electric displacement field is generated by one of a constant voltage and a constant charge at a location ahead of the at least one dielectric boundary surface and in a region of the at least one second fluid so that the electric displacement field pulls the at least one dielectric boundary surface in accordance with the displacement force until the at least one first fluid displaces the at least one second fluid from the location and the displacement force abates.