Kyle R. Mcallister wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michel Jullian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <vortex-l@eskimo.com> > Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 7:08 AM > Subject: Re: [Vo]: Re: Re: Lifters > > >> No extra force in oil, it works just the same as a lifter it's an EHD >> thruster, called "ion drag pump" when the medium is a dielectric liquid >> and the thruster is stationary: oil molecules are ionized, and ion current >> from a sharper electrode to a flatter electrode entrains neutrals. > > I agree with this. It is also obvious to see the "flow" of oil around the > electrodes. One can use a clear oil, like mineral oil, and take a darkly > colored oil and squirt a bit into the mineral oil in front of the submerged > lifter and see how it is sucked through the lifter...it will grab onto and > carry quite a bit of extra oil along for the ride. > > You are right about the pump part too: a lifter also works as a fair vacuum > pump. If it is held stationary in a suitable glass vessel, and put between > whatever one wishes to pull to a vacuum, and the output of the stationary > lifter is sent to a dual rotary vane pump, you can get a good deal harder > vacuum then if only the rotary vane pump was being used. > > --Kyle > >
Then why did you say "made to work by sucking and pumping the oil?" Harry
