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US 9,243,800 B2Granted
Apparatus for electrodynamically driving a charged gas or charged particles entrained in a gas
AssigneeClearsign Combustion Corporation
InventorsDavid B. Goodson, Thomas S. Hartwick, Tracy A. Prevo, Joseph Colannino, Christopher A. Wiklof
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Abstract
Gaseous particles or gas-entrained particles may be conveyed by electric fields acting on charged species included in the gaseous or gas-entrained particles.
Claims17
A system for synchronously driving a flame shape or heat distribution, comprising:
- a charge electrode configured to impart transient majority charges onto a flame;
- a plurality of field electrodes or electrode portions configured to apply electromotive forces onto the transient majority charges, the field electrodes or electrode portions being arranged along a transport path of the flame;
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- an electrode controller operatively coupled to the charge electrode and the plurality of field electrodes or electrode portions, the electrode controller being configured to apply synchronous drive voltages to cause synchronous transport, along the transport path, of the transient majority charges by the electromotive forces applied by the plurality of field electrodes or electrode portions, and thereby synchronously to drive the flame along the transport path.
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