Abstract
Bubble retention in the pump chambers weakens the stability and reliability of micro-piezoelectric pump sharply. As the valve holes spacing has a critical impact on the fluid flow field distribution, which affects the bubbles detained in pump chamber moving, it is essential to study the disciplines about influence that valve holes spacing has on bubble retention. Firstly, the relationship between bubble retention and micro-piezoelectric pump output performance had been analyzed from equivalent bulk modulus of fluids. Then, through the friction drag, the disciplines about influence that valve holes spacing has on bubbles moving were analyzed, to obtain the effect that valve holes spacing has on bubble retention. Finally, the bubble retention experiments were carried out. Experimental results indicated that output performance of micro-piezoelectric pump with the minimum valve holes spacing (15.2mL/min, 10.4kPa) is apparently superior than the one with the maximum spacing (14.6mL/min, 7.0kPa). While bubbles were injected, pump with the maximum spacing can exclude the detained bubbles, but the output performance fluctuated greatly. In contrast to the pump with the maximum spacing, the output performance of pump with the minimum spacing fluctuates slightly, but the small bubbles are difficult to be completely excluded, due to the floating dead zone.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 13th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2018 |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
| Pages | 730-734 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781538637579 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 26 Jun 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 13th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2018 - Wuhan, China Duration: 31 May 2018 → 2 Jun 2018 |
Publication series
| Name | Proceedings of the 13th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2018 |
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Conference
| Conference | 13th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2018 |
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| Country/Territory | China |
| City | Wuhan |
| Period | 31/05/18 → 2/06/18 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
Keywords
- Bubble retention
- Micro-piezoelectric pump
- Output performance
- Valve holes spacing
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