ER fluid application for chemical technology

The paper is an attempt to generalize the results of studies concerned with the "intelligent" fluids. Regularities of variation of mechanical (viscosity, elasticity, plasticity) properties of a class of liquid-disperse suspensions sensitive to an external electric field which are known as electrorheological fluids or "smart" fluids, are analyzed. The designs and operation principles of converters of electric energy to mechanical in power systems, and friction devices and others are described.