The electric field strength should be proportional to just the linear distance between electrodes. I believe the current needed to maintain a given voltage differential would increase proportionally to the area involved.
On 10/30/05, Jason and Katie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What if there were flat electrodes for this, would the ratings still be V/mm > or would there have to be a consideration of surface area? if the > requirements were in V/mm^3 you could calculate an appropriate voltage for a > certain flow rate, and the processor could be compacted the same way a heat > exchanging device is. > > this would be extremely high tensile (4500 Volts, assuming 15 V/mm3) for a > 10 lengthx30 widthx1mm thick chamber. > > any other numbers would have to come from a successful test, the15V are just > prelim figures taken from a previous post by Mr. Joe Street and > unfortunately have no connections to any test of my own, but if it helps > someone with the process, maybe Mr. Street can crack it. > > > Jason > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/