“…Onsager [15] showed that the increase in the ion dissociation rate of weak electrolytes (low conductivity dielectrics) in the presence of an electric field is proportional to the field strength and inversely proportional to the dielectric constant of the fluid. Reiss [16] further adapted this theory to attribute charge generation in dielectrics to the dissociation of trace polar impurities in the fluids and, in some cases, the molecules of the dielectric themselves. More recently, Seyed-Yagoobi et al [2,11,17], conducted several theoretical and experimental studies on the effectiveness of this phenomenon for pumping fluids.…”