Electrostatic motor
An electrostatic motor or capacitor motor is a type of electric motor based on the attraction and repulsion of electric charge.
An alternative type of electrostatic motor is the spacecraft electrostatic
Overview
An electrostatic motor is based on the attraction and repulsion of electric charge. Usually, electrostatic motors are the
Corona-discharge motor
The corona-discharge motor, also known as corona motor, has been known for centuries.[1]
Nanotube nanomotor
In 2004, researchers at University of California, Berkeley, developed rotational bearings based upon multiwall carbon nanotubes. By attaching a gold plate (with dimensions of the order of 100 nm) to the outer shell of a suspended multiwall carbon nanotube (like nested carbon cylinders), they are able to electrostatically rotate the outer shell relative to the inner core. These bearings are very robust; devices have been oscillated thousands of times with no indication of wear. These nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) represent a promising direction in miniaturization and may find their way into commercial applications in the future.[2]
Electrostatic ion drive
Electric motors, in general, produce motion when powered by electric currents. The common type of spacecraft ion thruster uses electrostatic forces to accelerate ions to generate forces to create motion, and thus can be considered as unconventional electric motors.
Patents
The prime classifications of electrostatic motors by the
- Class 310 ELECTRICAL GENERATOR OR MOTOR STRUCTURE
- 300 NON-DYNAMOELECTRIC
- 308 Charge accumulating
- 309 Electrostatic
- 300 NON-DYNAMOELECTRIC
- U.S. patent 633,829 -- J. Gallegos -- "Static electric Machine"
- U.S. patent 735,621 -- E. Thomson -- "Electrostatic motor"
- U.S. patent 993,561 -- Harold B. Smith -- "Apparatus for transforming electrical energy into mechanical energy"
- U.S. patent 1,693,806 -- W. G. Cady -- "Electromechanical System"
- U.S. patent 1,974,483 —- T. T. Brown -- "Electrostatic motor" (1934-09-25)
- U.S. patent 3,433,981 -- B. Bollee -- "Electrostatic Motor" (ed. Electrostatics from Atmospheric Electricity)
- U.S. patent 3,436,630 -- B. Bollee -- "Electrostatic Motor"
- U.S. patent 5,552,654 -- MITSUBISHI CHEM CORP -- "Electrostatic actuator"
- U.S. patent 5,965,968 -- Robert, et al. -- "Electrostatic Motor"
See also
References
- S2CID 226520284.
- ^ Fennimore, A.M.; Yuzvinsky, T.D.; Regan, B.C.; Zettl, A. "Electrically Driven Vaporization of Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes For Rotary Bearing Creation" (PDF). Physics Department, University of California, Berkeley. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
External articles and further reading
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- de Queiroz, Antonio Carlos M., "An Electrostatic Linear Motor". 24 January 2002.
- William J. Beaty, "Simple Electrostatic Motor".
- "ElectrostaticMotor", tm.net.
- Fast and Flexible Electrostatic Motors at Univ. Tokyo"[1]".
- Heavy Lifting Electrostatic Motors at Univ. Tokyo"[2]".
- E. Sarajlic et al., 3-Phase Electrostatic Stepper Micromotors