Abstract:
A thermal control system includes a closed loop arranged to carry a circulating fluid. There is at least a first heat exchanger and a flow unit in the closed loop. The flow unit includes a first electrode and a second electrode offset from the first electrode in a downstream direction of a flow of the circulating fluid. The first electrode and the second electrode are connectable to a voltage source. The first electrode is formed as a grid structure and arranged to allow the circulating fluid to flow through the first electrode.
Abstract:
An ion pump includes at least one electron source configured to emit electrons into the ion pump; at least one cathode positioned across the ion pump from the at least one electron source; a high-voltage grid positioned between the at least one electron source and the at least one cathode. The high-voltage grid is configured to draw the electrons in between the at least one electron source and the at least one cathode where the electrons collide with gas molecules causing the gas molecules to ionize. The at least one cathode is configured to draw ionized gas molecules toward the at least one cathode such that the ionized gas molecules are trapped by or near the at least one cathode.
Abstract:
A micro-ion pump is provided. The micro-ion pump includes a plurality of thin-film-edge field emitters, a first gate electrode, a second gate electrode, and a high voltage anode. The plurality of thin-film-edge field emitters is in a first X-Z plane. The plurality of thin-film-edge field emitters has a respective plurality of end faces with a high aspect ratio in at least one Y-Z plane. The first gate electrode is in a second X-Z plane offset from the first X-Z plane. The second gate electrode is positioned in a third X-Z plane offset from the first X-Z plane. The high voltage anode is in a fourth X-Z plane offset from the plurality of thin-film-edge field emitters in the first X-Z plane. The second gate electrode is between the high voltage anode and the plurality of thin-film-edge field emitters.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a use of an electro-sensitive movable fluid, that is, a micromotor, a linear motor, a micropump and a method of using the micropump, a microactuator, and an apparatus which these devices are applied to, and a method and an apparatus of controlling flow properties of a fluid.