Thermal Analysis of a Microfluidic Preconcentrator for Portable Micro Gas Analysis Systems
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Two key challenges to portable gas chromatography are reducing preconcentrator power consumption and accurate temperature control of adsorbent. This paper presents the results of thermal modeling performed to optimize a microfabricated preconcentrator based on a silicon microhotplate and utilizing Metal Organic Framework (MOF) adsorbents. From this modeling, two design changes are presented that reduce the power consumption by 1.5 W and reduce temperature variation across the microhotplate by 50%.
2003 ◽
Vol 16
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pp. 512-517
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1998 ◽
pp. 247-254