Experimental analyses of gas liquid interfacial phenomena in an AW type EHD pump

Author

Ohyama, R. ; Ueda, A. ; Kumeta, M. ; Watson, A. ; Chang, J.S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Tokai Univ., Kanagawa, Japan

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

200

Lastpage

203

Abstract

An experimental investigation of nonintrusive two-phase electrohydrodynamical pump "AW type EHD pump" was conducted. The experimental analyses of electrohydrodynamically induced gas-liquid interfacial liquid flow in the reservoir were carried out by a tracer particle image velocimetry and the numerically calculated electric field strength. The liquid flow distribution was analyzed by non-dimensional EHD parameters. These results of the electrohydrodynamically induced liquid flow phenomenon of the gas-liquid interface were shown quantitatively. The electrohydrodynamic characteristics based on interfacial momentum transfer effects on liquid-phase fluid motion were discussed.

Keywords

electric strength; electrohydrodynamics; flow visualisation; laser velocimetry; pumps; two-phase flow; EHD pump; electric field strength; gas liquid interfacial phenomena; interfacial liquid flow; interfacial momentum transfer effects; liquid flow distribution; nondimensional EHD parameters; nonintrusive two-phase pump; reservoir; tracer particle image velocimetry; Corona; Dielectrics; Electrodes; Fluid flow; Image analysis; Pumps; Reservoirs; Surface discharges; Voltage; Wire;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena, 2002 Annual Report Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7502-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CEIDP.2002.1048770

Filename

1048770