Poon, Ho Shing. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 66-69). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.III / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.IV / TABLE OF FIGURES --- p.VI / LIST OF TABLES --- p.IX / Chapter CHAPTER 1: --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Intrinsic Problem of Conventional Aerodynamic Flying Devices --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Novel Ionic Propulsion Technology - Ionic Flyer --- p.2 / Chapter 1.3 --- Historical Development and Related Work of Ionic Flyer --- p.2 / Chapter 1.4 --- Existing Results in Our Group --- p.3 / Chapter 1.5 --- Objective and Current Achievements --- p.4 / Chapter 1.6 --- Organization of the remaining thesis --- p.5 / Chapter CHAPTER 2: --- FUNDAMENTAL KNOWLEDGE OF IONIC FLYERS --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1 --- Basic structure of Ionic Flyers --- p.6 / Chapter 2.2 --- Working Principle of Ionic Flyers --- p.7 / Chapter 2.3 --- Parametric models of the Ionic Flyers --- p.8 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Electrical Current-Voltage Model --- p.8 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Mechanical Lift-Force Model --- p.9 / Chapter CHAPTER 3: --- STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF IONIC FLYERS --- p.11 / Chapter 3.l --- Analysis on the Electrode Length --- p.11 / Chapter 3.2 --- Analysis on the Emitter radius --- p.12 / Chapter 3.3 --- Analysis on the Gap Distance between Emitter and Collector --- p.13 / Chapter 3.4 --- Analyses on the Emitter-Collector Electrodes Configuration --- p.15 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Single-Emitter-Single-Collector Wire-Plate Configuration --- p.15 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Multiple-Emitter-Single-Collector Wire-Plate Configuration --- p.16 / Chapter 3.4.3 --- Single-Emitter-Multiple-Collector Wire-Plate Configuration --- p.17 / Chapter 3.4.4 --- Single-Emitter-Surface-Collector Wire-Plate Configuration --- p.19 / Chapter 3.5 --- Summary - Optimization Design Methodology --- p.21 / Chapter CHAPTER 4: --- HIGH VOLTAGE POWER GENERATION SYSTEM --- p.22 / Chapter 4.1 --- Existing Marketable High Voltage Power Supplies --- p.22 / Chapter 4.2 --- design of the High Voltage Power Supply --- p.24 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Battery --- p.25 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Step-up Transformer --- p.25 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Voltage Multiplier --- p.26 / Chapter 4.2.4 --- Driving Circuit --- p.27 / Chapter 4.3 --- Testing prototypes --- p.28 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- First Prototype --- p.28 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Second Prototype --- p.29 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- Third Prototype --- p.30 / Chapter 4.3.4 --- Fourth Prototype --- p.31 / Chapter 4.3.5 --- Comparison of the Four Prototypes --- p.32 / Chapter 4.4 --- Performance of the High Voltage Power Supply --- p.34 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Vary with Frequency --- p.34 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- Vary with Duty Cycle --- p.34 / Chapter 4.4.3 --- Efficiency --- p.35 / Chapter 4.5 --- Resonance Frequency Tracking Algorithm --- p.36 / Chapter 4.5.1 --- Fixed Frequency --- p.37 / Chapter 4.5.2 --- Scan Through a Frequency Range --- p.37 / Chapter 4.5.3 --- Continuous Comparison of Feedback Voltages --- p.38 / Chapter 4.5.4 --- Comparison of the Three Approaches --- p.40 / Chapter 4.6 --- Possibility Analysis on Self-Sufficient On-board Power Supply --- p.41 / Chapter 4.6.1 --- Analysis Based on the Parametric models --- p.41 / Chapter 4.6.2 --- Proposed Solution - Ionic Propulsion Blimp --- p.43 / Chapter CHAPTER 5: --- DEVELOPMENT OF IONIC PROPULSION BLIMP --- p.44 / Chapter 5.l --- Design and Structure of Ionic Propulsion Blimp --- p.44 / Chapter 5.1.1 --- Required Volume of the Blimp --- p.45 / Chapter 5.1.2 --- Initial Experimental results of Ionic Propulsion Blimp --- p.46 / Chapter 5.2 --- Advanced Navigation System for Ionic Propulsion Blimp --- p.47 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Direction Control System --- p.47 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Vision-Based Sensing and Control System --- p.48 / Chapter 5.3 --- Experimental results of the Advanced Navigation System --- p.55 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Manual Control for Directional Movement --- p.55 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Object Tracking using L-K Feature Tracking method --- p.56 / Chapter 5.3.3 --- Object Tracking using CamShift method --- p.57 / Chapter 5.3.4 --- Short summary for Vision-Based Control --- p.57 / Chapter CHAPTER 6: --- FURTHER DEVELOPMENT --- p.58 / Chapter 6.1 --- Improvement on Fabrication of Ionic Flyer --- p.58 / Chapter 6.2 --- Feasibility study on decreasing the operation voltage by minimizing the Gap Distance --- p.59 / Chapter 6.3 --- Improvement of the Design of Ionic Propulsion Blimp --- p.60 / Chapter 6.3.1 --- Design of Configuration of the Navigation System --- p.60 / Chapter 6.3.2 --- Design of the Ionic Flyer --- p.60 / Chapter 6.4 --- Commercialization Issue --- p.61 / Chapter 6.4.1 --- Safety Concerns --- p.61 / Chapter 6.4.2 --- Potential Application of Ionic Propulsion Technology --- p.63 / Chapter CHAPTER 7: --- CONCLUSION --- p.64 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.66 / PUBLICATIONS --- p.69
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_326759 |
| Date | January 2009 |
| Contributors | Poon, Ho Shing., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Mechanical and Automation Engineering. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, 69 leaves : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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