Physical Transformation AtlasPTA
Pathway · p-8fb787104f · candidate

Gravitational potential difference → Electrical work

Gravitational potential differenceTidal flowBulk fluid flowElectrohydrodynamic generationFluid-borne space chargeElectrical work

Epistemic state of the route

known constituent relations
5 / 5 established or replicated · weakest constituent established
constituent maturity floor
K4 · experimentally observed
search for this exact route
Not assessed — complete composition not searched.
recorded-pathway overlap
shares relations, in order, with Tidal stream plant · 2/5 relations shared
route-level evidence
0 sources for the complete composition · 3 cited by the constituent steps
boundaries and interfaces
BOUNDARY compatible · no region transition

Explorematrix context · physics checks · steps · route evidence · constituent evidence · cite

Matrix context

D = disequilibrium row · C = coupling family column. A cell reads the state of the atlas for that pair.

D.19 × C.24 · Gravitational potential difference × Turbomachineryfamily: TurbomachineryD.19 × C.38 · Gravitational potential difference × Electrohydrodynamicfamily: Electrohydrodynamic

Steps

  1. 01
    Gravitational potential difference —drives→ Tidal flowestablishedclaim record
    gravitational → kinetic
    • coastal geometry that funnels the tidal range into a current or a head
    liquid · bulk flow required
    refs [1]
  2. 02
    Tidal flow —produces→ Bulk fluid flowestablishedclaim record
    kinetic → kinetic
    refs [1]
  3. 03
    Bulk fluid flow —drives→ Electrohydrodynamic generationestablishedclaim record
    kinetic → electrical · loss to thermal
    • a dielectric fluid carrying injected charge is driven by the flow against an electric field to a collector electrode
    bulk flow required · electric field or bias required
    refs [2] [3]
  4. 04
    Electrohydrodynamic generation —produces→ Fluid-borne space chargeestablishedclaim record
    electrical → electrical
    • monopolar charge injected into a dielectric liquid (n-hexane in the 1977 generator) is carried by the flow against the field to a collector
    refs [2] [3]
  5. 05
    Fluid-borne space charge —converts into→ Electrical workestablishedclaim record
    electrical → electrical · loss to thermal
    • charge collected at an electrode and driven through an external load at the potential the flow maintains
    refs [2] [3]

Evidence for the complete composition · 0

No source on record for this exact composition. The sources below support the individual steps, not the route as a whole.

Evidence for the constituent relations · 3

  1. [1]
    S. L. Dixon, C. A. Hall. Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Turbomachinery (7th ed.) (2014)
    Butterworth-Heinemann · doi:10.1016/C2011-0-05059-7 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record
  2. [2]
    S. Fujimoto, T. Terado. Fundamental characteristics of liquid-filled electrohydrodynamic generator (1977)
    Journal of Electrostatics 2, 257-267 · doi:10.1016/0304-3886(77)90058-4 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-20 · record
  3. [3]
    L. Hao et al.. Interfacial electro-hydrodynamics inspired micro/nano-fluidic energy conversion: from mechanism to applications (2025)
    Lab on a Chip 25, 4161-4220 · doi:10.1039/D5LC00321K · crossref ✓ 2026-09-20 · record

Cite this route

Physical Transformation Atlas (2026). route p-8fb787104f: Gravitational potential difference → Tidal flow → Bulk fluid flow → Electrohydrodynamic generation → Fluid-borne space charge → Electrical work. Dataset revision rbfbfcbb70e57 (hash of the canonical data). https://physical-transformation-atlas.wldud5192.workers.dev/path/8fb787104f

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