lift and higher lift efficiency to small air vehicles these advantages are achieved by using plasma actuators to provide active flow control effectors into thin fan blades and wing application_number US 73982508 A description the present invention relates to enhancing aerodynamic performance by using plasma actuators to control air flow the invention has specific application to fan and ducted fan performance and flow control at low reynolds numbers dielectric barrier discharge plasma actuators are preferably used before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and the arrangement of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings the invention is capable of other embodiments or of being practiced or carried out in various ways also it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein is for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting for clarity non essential elements were omitted from some of the drawings as used herein an element or step recited in the singular and proceeded with the word u201c a u201d or u201c an u201d should be understood as not excluding plural elements or steps unless such.