Electromechanical converter
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General
In Nanosystems the power densities that are to expect to be (at least) possible with
electrostatics based electromechanical conversion at the nanoscale are conservatively estimated.
The power densities predicted to be at least possible already are unbelievably high.
Porting macroscale electrostatic machines to the nanoscale
The scaling law for electrostatic performance is very favorable for such niniaturization.
- pelletron
- Wimshurst machine
- Lord Kelvin Replenisher [1]
- Kelvin water dropper – could that be done in a nanoscale version with shooting solid-state charged pellets?
Alternative contacting
To avoid the need for graphite tunneling contacts which need quite some surface and dissipate some power a reziprocating drive could be electrically connected with flexing nanotube connections. The flex must be low enough to not disturb the electric properties (conductivity) of the nabotube too much.
References
- Energy conversion
- (wiki-TODO: Add reference to electrostatic motor in nanosystems)
- Graphene, Nanotubes, Semi gemstone-like structure
- Non mechanical technology path
Related
External links
Here is a website with an extreme detailed collection of links regarding the history of electrostatic machines:
[Electrostatic Machines] written by by Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz.
This one seems especially interesting. The "Replenisher": [2]
On wikipedia:
