Dynamics of EHD Laminar Plumes: scaling analysis and integral model

In this paper electrohydrodynamic (EHD) plumes are examined in the region far from the injecting electrode and the collector plate, for both two-dimensional and axisymmetric geometries. The relative importance of the conduction mechanisms (convection, drift and diffusion of electric charge) is analy...

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Autores: Vázquez González, Pedro Ángel, Pérez Izquierdo, Alberto Tomás, Castellanos Mata, Antonio, Atten, Piere
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2000
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/76432
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/76432
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1290393
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:EHD
Laminar plumes
Dynamics
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Sumario:In this paper electrohydrodynamic (EHD) plumes are examined in the region far from the injecting electrode and the collector plate, for both two-dimensional and axisymmetric geometries. The relative importance of the conduction mechanisms (convection, drift and diffusion of electric charge) is analyzed. Diffusion turns out to be negligible compared to convection and drift for the experimental conditions. But the transverse drift (Coulomb repulsion) is of the same order of magnitude than convection. We find a set of three differential equations giving the evolution of the velocity at the center of the plume and the widths of the plume and the charged core inside.