Charged-particle flow due to high electrostatic potential
An electrostatic pinwheel, or corona spinner, attached to a small Wimshurst machine (electrostatic generator) is shown stationary and rotating
Ion wind, ionic wind, corona wind or electric wind is the airflow of charged particles induced by electrostatic forces linked to corona discharge arising at the tips of some sharp conductors (such as points or blades) subjected to high voltage relative to ground. Ion wind is an electrohydrodynamic phenomenon. Ion wind generators can also be considered electrohydrodynamic thrusters.
The term "ionic wind" is considered a misnomer due to misconceptions that only positive and negative ions were primarily involved in the phenomenon. A 2018 study found that electrons play a larger role than negative ions during the negative voltage period. As a result, the term "electric wind" has been suggested as a more accurate terminology.[1]
This phenomenon is now used in an MIT ionic wind plane, the first solid-state plane, developed in 2018.
^Zyga, Lisa (February 7, 2018). "What causes ionic wind?". Phys.org. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
Ionwind, ionic wind, corona wind or electric wind is the airflow of charged particles induced by electrostatic forces linked to corona discharge arising...
A vaneless ionwind generator or power fence is a device that generates electrical energy by using the wind to move charged particles across an electric...
the propulsion system; all thrust is powered by the phenomenon known as ionwind. It is being developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)...
the dust layer, where new particles and ions are arriving, the electrostatic voltage caused by the gas ions can be quite high. The strength of this electric...
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German fighter aircraft prototype MIT EAD Airframe Version 2, the first ionwind airplane Voyager 2 spacecraft Dragon V2, a commercial spacecraft being...
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conductors Fp is caused by a so-called "electron wind" or "ionwind". The resulting force Fres on an activated ion in the electrical field can be written as...
the flow direction of the solar wind. In this bow shock, large concentrations of cometary ions (called "pick-up ions") congregate and act to "load" the...
common in Lithium-ion batteries.[citation needed] The batteries are suitable for grid storage of power collected from sources such as wind and solar. Oxygen...
composition of the solar wind plasma also includes a mixture of materials found in the solar plasma: trace amounts of heavy ions and atomic nuclei of elements...
directly. Examples are ionizers and ESD guns. An electrostatic vaneless ionwind generator, the EWICON, has been developed by The School of Electrical Engineering...
pickup ions are created when neutral particles inside the heliosphere are ionized by either solar ultraviolet radiation, charge exchange with solar wind protons...
motive force to the more well-understood phenomenon of ionic drift or "ionwind" from the air particles, some of which remained even when Brown put his...
magnetic poles (the 'polar wind'), is one possible solution to the paradox. Further research came from the Retarding Ion Mass Spectrometer instrument...
written as H3O+, the type of oxonium ion produced by protonation of water. It is often viewed as the positive ion present when an Arrhenius acid is dissolved...
such claims as products of pseudoscience and/or misinterpretations of ionwind effects. Independent research found small amounts of lift from Brown's...
Nakamichi). During his time there he demonstrated an Ion Cloud loudspeaker at CES in 1980, based on ionwind technology.[citation needed] He sold Threshold...
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