Electrospray was employed upstream of an electrostatic precipitator (ESP) to enhance the collection efficiency of monodisperse nanometer-sized particles. The electrospray of deionized water produced water droplets with a size range from several tens to several hundreds μm. The visible combined effect of the ESP with the electrospray was found for the collection of particles larger than about 20...

The electrostatic discharge (ESD) robustness of different thin-film devices, including three diodes and two thin-film transistors (TFTs) in low-temperature polysilicon (LTPS) technology, is investigated. By using the transmission line pulse generator (TLPG), the high-current characteristics and the secondary breakdown current (It2) of these thin-film devices are observed. The experimental resul...

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Simultaneous energy transfer modes have been known to interact to produce unusual “coupled” effects. This coupling now has its theoretical basis in the concept of entropy production (or dissipation or irreversibility) central to nonequilibrium irreversible thermodynamics. Over the years, many examples of coupled phenomena have been identified and studied (thermoelectricity, electrokinetics, pie...

Small particles are of great interest in a variety applications. Spray drying is common technique for particle synthesis, but it limited with respect to sizes below 10 μm. Therefore, new laboratory-scale spray dryer was designed address this issue. A novel aerosol generator consisting piezo crystal swirl chamber obtain droplets the low micrometer range. After and cooling, were deposited molten ...

Pulsed energization of electrostatic precipitator (ESP) may represent one of the most promising solutions to comply with strict environmental regulation in case of high resistivity dust. Performs a parametric cost comparison between conventional and pulsed ESP with reference to four main industrial areas: electric power generation, cement manufacturing, iron and steel production, glass industry...

This paper reports the design, fabrication, and testing of a soft dielectric elastomer power generator with a volume of less than 1 cm. The generator is well suited to harvest energy from ambient and from human body motion as it can harvest from low frequency (sub-Hz) motions, and is compact and lightweight. Dielectric elastomers are highly stretchable variable capacitors. Electrical energy is ...

This paper discusses the design of an electrostatic generator, power supply component of the self-powered microsystem, which is able to provide enough energy to power smart sensor chains or if necessary also other electronic monitoring devices. One of the requirements for this analyzer is the mobility, so designing the power supply expects use of an alternative way of getting electricity to pow...