串联压电微泵特性研究

介绍了一种压电驱动的串联无阀微泵.基于收缩管/扩展管整流特性的分析,建立了微泵输出特性的表达公式.采用有限元仿真软件ANSYS对微泵内流体的流动过成进行了数值模拟,结果显示,在相同的驱动条件下,串联无阀微泵的工作性能优于单腔无阀微泵的工作性能.泵流量随着驱动电压的增加而增加.当固定的驱动电压下,存在最优的压电层厚度使得泵流量最大.研究结果为串联微泵的优化设计提供了依据.     

磁力驱动串联式双腔微泵设计及性能测试

针对无阀微泵背压能力较弱等问题,采用MEMS技术制作出不同结构参数的双腔和单腔微泵体,构建了基于电机驱动的磁力式双腔串联无阀微泵测控系统.实验结果表明,泵腔面积相等的情况下,圆形泵腔的微泵流量大于椭圆形泵腔的流量;随着驱动频率的升高,双腔串联微泵的流量呈现高斯分布,并在20 Hz附近处出现流量峰值,微泵的最大流量可达1.5 mL/min,微泵的截止背压为170 mmH2O,双腔串联微泵比单腔微泵的流量增大约80％.     

基于微振动马达的无阀微泵的研究

研制了一种可在低电压下工作的新型无阀微泵,该微泵利用有机玻璃(PMMA)制作泵腔,采用了扩散口/喷口的结构,以PDMS作为振动膜,利用微振动马达作为驱动部件。采用ANSYS软件进行有限元分析得到微泵扩散口/喷口的最佳尺寸。对微泵的振动频率和输出流量进行了测试,结果显示:电压为1.0～1.8 V时,微泵的输出流量随着电压的升高而增加,当电压为1.8～3.3 V时,微泵输出的流量保持稳定,达到150μL/min。该无阀微泵结构简单,驱动电压低,具有良好的性能和低廉的成本。     

一种低成本压电无阀微泵的研制

提出了一种低成本的由压电材料驱动的平面扩张/收缩管无阀微泵的制作工艺.通过数值模拟确定了扩张/收缩管扩张角的最优值,在此基础上,采用光刻和湿法刻蚀工艺,刻蚀了300μm深的泵腔基片和100 μm深的盖片;使用等离子体清洗技术将其与PDMS薄膜键合,完成了可以实现单向泵送的压电无阀微泵样机制作.研究了该压电无阀微泵样机的...     

集成微流体测控芯片的研制

设计、研制了集成有微泵、微沟道、微流量传感器、温度传感器的微流体测控芯片.采用有限元软件ANSYS模拟分析了将其作为冷却芯片时微沟道的散热作用,分析确定了芯片上各元件的结构.该集成芯片为硅-玻璃结构,在硅片上,利用ICP法刻蚀无阀微泵泵体和微沟道;在7740玻璃片上,以溅射、剥离法制作微流量和温度传感器;图形精确对准后硅/玻璃以静电键合方法封接.无阀微泵采用压电元件驱动.测试结果表明:集成芯片具有冷却功能,循环水的流速最大可达25.4mm/s.     

一种新型压电式双向无阀微泵的研制

采用氧化、光刻、腐蚀、键合等MEMS技术,研制了一种硅基压电式双向无阀微泵,泵的外形尺寸为30×14×3 mm3,泵腔体体积约10 mm3.通过大量试验测试,得到了泵压、流量与工作频率、波形、电压幅值之间的关系.当工作电压为110 V、频率为40 Hz时,微泵的正向最大泵压为120 mm水柱,频率为50-90 Hz时,最大流量70μl/min;当频率为35 Hz时,微泵的反向最大泵压为70 mm水柱,最大流量56μl/min.     

一种基于MEMS技术的压电微泵的研究

介绍了一种基于MEMS技术的压电微泵。该微泵利用聚二甲基硅氧烷(PDMS)作为泵膜,使用了一个主动阀和一个被动阀,并利用压电双晶片作为驱动部件。压电双晶片和PDMS泵膜的组合可以产生较大的泵腔体积改变和压缩比,显著降低了加工成本,并提高了成品率。对压电微泵的输出流量进行了测试,结果显示:电压、频率以及背压对流量均有显著影响。在100 V,25Hz的方波驱动下,该压电微泵的最大输出流量为458μL/m in,最大输出压力为6 kPa。     

基于微生物代谢成分的电化学多参数检测平台微泵设计

本文提出一种基于抗生素作用下的微生物膜阻抗及代谢液微量残留物分析的电化学并行检测平台,从量化角度实时反映抗生素对微生物的膜贴附变化及代谢成分的影响。根据现有抗生素电化学检测单元的检测精度,待测生理溶液的进样体积需控制在20μL/min~100μL/min,因此本文针对平台中的关键部分———微泵单元采用有限元设计方法进行了静力场、动力场和流体场的综合分析,确保微泵工作流量的精确性和可控性。分析结果得到设计的微泵在施加20 Hz,±40 V驱动电压时的流量为52.864μL/min,并得出流量与电压及频率的关系式来控制流量的变化;在该基础上对微泵被动阀做了力学特性分析与优化设计,分析得出阀臂固支端优化尺寸为0.4 mm×0.5 mm;最后以商用PSS20型微泵为仿真对象做了相关验证性实验,得到仿真流量的误差率为6.7%,验证了本方法的可行性和准确性,为后期微泵的制作、改进以及多参数检测平台的搭建提供了良好的设计参考。     

磁能驱动微型泵的性能实验研究

在电磁场驱动原理的基础上,设计并研制了一种磁能驱动的微型泵。微型泵包括进／出液管、扩散管／喷管、驱动薄膜、腔体、电磁线圈和永磁体。微型泵的整体尺寸约为Ф11mm×4mm,腔室半径为5mm,深2mm。利用正交实验方法,对微型泵的性能进行了测试。在电压为4V、驱动薄膜厚度为6μm、频率为5Hz方波脉冲的最佳实验条件下,微型泵的最大泵送流速约为0．21mL／min。     

电渗驱动微泵设计初探

电渗驱动微泵是一种新型的微泵,具有输出压强高、流量可调范围宽、结构简单、无活动部件等特点,易与微通道热沉集成,构成微通道冷却系统,可用于集成电路的热管理.本文介绍了电渗驱动微泵的数学模型,利用PB方程来描述电渗流中电势和离子分布,讨论了背压与流速的关系,槽道宽度、工作液体温度、外加电压等参数对电渗泵性能的影响.     

Fully coupled modeling and design of a piezoelectric actuation based valveless micropump for drug delivery application

The precise control over the drug delivery involved in several vital applications including healthcare is required for achieving a therapeutic effect. For such precise control/manipulation of the drugs, micropumps are used. These micropumps are basically of two types viz. check valve-based and valveless micropumps. The valveless micropumps are preferable due to the congestion-free operation of diffuser/nozzle valves. In this paper, design optimization of a valveless piezo-electric actuation based micropump is carried out using COMSOL Multiphysics 5.0 by coupling two Multiphysics interface modules namely fluid–structure interaction and piezoelectric physics modules. Using simulation studies, the influence of pump design parameters including diffuser angle, diffuser length, neck width, chamber depth, chamber diameter and diaphragm thickness on net flow rate is studied. An optimal set of design parameters for the proposed micropump is identified. Further, the influence of actuation frequency on the flow rate is analysed. It is found that the proposed micropump is capable to deliver a net flow rate of 20 µl/min and a maximum back pressure attainable is 200 Pa.

     

Study of an innovative one-sided actuating piezoelectric valveless micropump with a secondary chamber

Previous studies have indicated that a one-sided actuating piezoelectric micropump (OAPMP) combined with two valves may enhance the liquid flow rate to 4.1 ml/s and make it possible to reach the maximum pump head of 9807 Pa in a limited space. In this study, an innovative one-sided actuating piezoelectric valveless micropump (OAPMP-valveless) has been developed to actuate fluid at a higher flow rate in one direction by adding a secondary chamber. The secondary chamber plays a key role in the application of the valveless micropump: the flow rate of the pump can reach 0.989 ml/s by adding a secondary chamber. The maximum pump head is 1522.5 Pa when using the 0.3 mm-thick secondary diaphragm and the 0.5 mm-thick primary diaphragm. In addition, if a nozzle/diffuser element is applied to the OAPMP-valveless with a secondary chamber, the flow rate can be further improved to 1.183 ml/s at a frequency of 150 Hz. A three-dimensional numerical model of the valveless micropump has been built to compare the measured results with the simulated results.     

Behavior of microdroplets in diffuser/nozzle structures

This paper investigates the behavior of microdroplets flowing in microchannels with a series of diffuser/nozzle structures. Depending on the imposed flow direction, the serial structures can act either as a series of diffusers or nozzles. Different serial diffuser/nozzle microchannels with opening angles ranging from 15° to 45° were considered. A 2D numerical model was employed to study the dynamics of the microdroplet during its passage through the diffuser/nozzle structures. The deformation of the microdroplet was captured using a level set method. On the experimental front, test devices were fabricated in polydimethylsiloxane using soft lithography. T-junctions for droplet formation, diffuser/nozzle structures and pressure ports were integrated in a single device. Mineral oil with 2% w/w surfactant span 80 and de-ionized water with fluorescent worked as the carrier phase and the dispersed phase, respectively. The deformation of the water droplet and the corresponding pressure drop across the diffuser/nozzle structures were measured in both diffuser and nozzle configurations at a fixed flow rate ratio between oil and water of 30. The results show a linear relationship between the pressure drop and the flow rate. Furthermore, the rectification effect was observed in all tested devices. The pressure drop in the diffuser configuration is higher than that of the nozzle configuration. Finally, the pressure measured results with droplet and without droplet were analyzed and compared.     

Fabrication and characterization of truly 3-D diffuser/nozzlemicrostructures in silicon

We present microfabrication and characterization of truly three-dimensional (3-D) diffuser/nozzle structures in silicon. Chemical vapor deposition (CVD), reactive ion etching (RIE), and laser-assisted etching are used to etch flow chambers and diffuser/nozzle elements. The flow behavior of the fabricated elements and the dependence of diffuser/nozzle efficiency on structure geometry has been investigated. The large freedom of 3-D micromachining combined with rapid prototyping allows one to characterize and optimize diffuser/nozzle structures     

Development and application of a diaphragm micro-pump with piezoelectric device

In this study, a new type of thin, compact, and light weighed diaphragm micro-pump has been successfully developed to actuate liquid by the vibration of a diaphragm. The micro-diaphragm pump with two valves is fabricated in an aluminum case by using highly accurate CNC machine, and the cross-section dimension is 28 mm × 5 mm. Both valves and diaphragm are manufactured from PDMS. The amplitude of vibration by a piezoelectric device produces an oscillating flow and alters the chamber volume by the curvature change of a diaphragm. Several experimental set-ups for performance tests in a single micro-diaphragm pump, isothermal flow open system, and a closed liquid cooling system are designed and implemented. The performance of a one-side actuating micro-diaphragm pump is affected by the design of check valves, diaphragm, piezoelectric device, chamber volume, input voltage and frequency. The measured maximum flow rate of present design is 72 ml/min at zero total pump head in the range of operation frequency 70–180 Hz.     

Electroactive polymer based microfluidic pump

A planar, valveless, microfluidic pump using electrostrictive poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) [P(VDF-TrFE)] based polymer as the actuator material is presented. P(VDF-TrFE) thick films having a large electrostrictive strain ∼5–7% and high elastic energy density of 1 J/cm³ have been used in a unimorph diaphragm actuator configuration. The microfluidic pump was realized by integrating a nozzle/diffuser type fluidic mechanical-diode structure with the polymer microactuator. The P(VDF-TrFE) unimorph diaphragm actuator, 80 μm thick and 2.2 mm × 2.2 mm in lateral dimensions, showed an actuation deflection of 80 μm for an applied electric field of 90 MV/m. The microfluidic pump could pump methanol at a flow rate of 25 μl/min at 63 Hz with a backpressure of 350 Pa. The flow rate of this pump could be easily controlled by external electrical field. Two different sizes of nozzle/diffuser elements were studied and the pumping efficiency of these structures is 11 and 16%, respectively.