Velocity Measurement of EHD Flow Produced by Pin-Multi Concentric Ring Electrodes Generator

Abstract:

Study of EHD flow by using generator corona discharge with electrodes configuration of pin to multi concentric rings (MCR) and pin to single ring (SR) have been curried out. We measured the velocity of EHD flow and determined the comparison of velocity of EHD flow produced by pin to single ring electrodes. The pin needle was made by stainless steel with a length of 50 mm and a tip diameter of 0.14 mm. The multi-ring electrodes constracted by three concentric rings with a metal material connected to each other and each ring has a diameter of 24 mm, 16 mm and 8 mm in width and the same ring thickness is 2 mm and 3 mm. Single ring electrode has a diameter, width and thickness respectively 24 mm , 3 mm and 2 mm. EHD was generated by using a DC high voltage of 10 kV. Pin as an active electrode of corona discharge and concentric rings multi/single ring electrodes as ions collector and passive electrodes. The velocity of EHD flow was measured by a hot-wire anemometer. We found that the velocity of EHD flow with multi-ring concentric electrodes larger than a single ring electrode. The measurement of velocity for two cases of electrodes configuration were limited at the certain voltage due to breackdown and arc phenomena. The maximum velocity of the of EHD flow using a pin-multi rings concentric was 0.7 m/s at a voltage of 6 kV.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 771)
• Pages: 227-231
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.771.227
• Online since: July 2015
• Authors: Sumariyah Sumariyah, Kusminarto Kusminarto*, Arief Hermanto, Pekik Nurwantoro
• Keywords: Corona Discharge, EHD Flow, Electrodes, Generator, Multi Concentric Ring, Velocity

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