Measuring efficiency of positive and negative ionic wind devices for comparison to fans and blowers

Michael S. June; James D Kribs; Kevin M. Lyons

doi:10.1016/j.elstat.2011.04.010

Measuring efficiency of positive and negative ionic wind devices for comparison to fans and blowers

Michael S. June
, James D Kribs
, Kevin M. Lyons

Applied Engineering Technology

North Carolina State University

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Abstract

Many industries are pursuing alternate air moving devices to reduce the power consumption of their air cooled products. The literature suggests that ionic AMDs have low efficiency. The literature, however, does not define efficiency the same way the computer industry defines it for rotary AMDs. In this study, static efficiency of ionic AMDs was evaluated similar to rotary AMDs. Various emitter to collector distances and various ring lengths, were evaluated for positive and negative coronas. By controlling emitter to collector distance and collector length, efficiencies were obtained more reasonably compared to rotary devices. © 2011 Elsevier B.V.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	345-350
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Electrostatics
Volume	69
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elstat.2011.04.010
State	Published - Aug 1 2011

Keywords

Air moving device
Airflow bench
Fan performance curve
Ion-driven gas flow
Positive and negative corona discharge
Static efficiency

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