| Autor: |
P. A. Orner, G. B. Lammers |
| Rok vydání: |
1970 |
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| Zdroj: |
Journal of Basic Engineering. 92:294-302 |
| ISSN: |
0021-9223 |
| Popis: |
A direct thermal-to-pneumatic energy converter utilizing the principle of thermal transpiration through a porous membrane is described. The applicability of this no-moving-part pump to a fluidic control system is discussed. A laboratory model has been constructed and experimentally evaluated for several gases, membrane types, and temperature ranges. A theoretical model is derived from the binary diffusion equations of kinetic theory. A linearized version of this model is verified experimentally for small temperature gradients. The kinetic theory model is evaluated numerically to predict the static performance of a pump for large temperature gradients. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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