A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PUMPING A LIQUID

摘要

Embodiments relate to an electromagnetic, or electric, pump for pumping and/or transporting a liquid. Embodiments impart motion to a liquid, so as to stir, mix, circulate, or otherwise move the liquid. Embodiments transport water. The liquids can be conducting or non-conducting. Embodiments pump liquids in pipes. Embodiments utilize a shockwave effect, a magneto hydrodynamic effect, and/or an electrohydrodynamic effect to push the liquid. Embodiments operate with no mechanically moving parts, increasing the reliability of the pump. Embodiments of the electromagnetic (or electric) lifting, or pumping, device are thin such that the electrodes that create the pumping are installed inside the piping of the pump, reducing, or eliminating, sealing/leakage problems. Embodiments create one or more sparks, and/or filament discharges, triggered between one or more pairs of electrodes positioned such that a liquid is between the electrodes of the electrode pair, where the spark, or filament discharge, creates a plasma.

主权项

1. A device for pushing a liquid, comprising:
at least one pair of electrodes, wherein each pair of electrodes of the at least one pair of electrodes comprises a corresponding first electrode of a corresponding at least one first electrode and a corresponding second electrode of a corresponding at least one second electrode; and an electric charge source, wherein the electric charge source is controllably electrically connected to the at least one pair of electrodes such that when the electric charge source is electrically connected to the at least one pair of electrodes when the at least one pair of electrodes are in contact with a liquid positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode of each pair of electrodes of the at least one pair of electrodes, a corresponding at least one spark is produced across the at least one pair of electrodes, wherein each spark of the at least one spark vaporizes a corresponding portion of the liquid of a corresponding at least one portion of the liquid, so as to produce a corresponding at least one shockwave, wherein the at least one shockwave pushes the liquid.