Structure design and experimental study on single-bimorph double-acting check-valve piezoelectric pump

2015 ◽  
Vol 230 (14) ◽  
pp. 2339-2344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Zeng ◽  
Li’an Li ◽  
Jingshi Dong ◽  
Guangming Cheng ◽  
Junwu Kan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Check Valve ◽  
Structural Difference ◽  
Structure Design ◽  
Operating Voltage ◽  
Piezoelectric Bimorph ◽  
Piezoelectric Pump ◽  
Single Chamber ◽  
Membrane Pump ◽  
Output Performance ◽  
Serial Connection

A novel piezoelectric pump called single-bimorph double-acting check-valve piezoelectric pump was proposed in this paper in order to improve the output performance of the single-bimorph single-chamber piezoelectric membrane pump. The constituent parts of the newly designed piezoelectric pump have no difference with the single-bimorph single-chamber check-valve piezoelectric membrane pump except the structural difference of the pump body. There are two serial-connection pump chambers which are formed by the two sides of the piezoelectric bimorph and the pump body of the newly designed piezoelectric pump. The new piezoelectric pump was fabricated, and output performance was experimentally investigated. The maximum flow rate against zero back pressure of the new pump was 318 ml/min and the pumping pressure reached 40.5 kPa at the operating voltage of 90 V. The output power was roughly twice that of the single-bimorph single-chamber check-valve piezoelectric membrane pump. The testing results proved that the new piezoelectric pump could enhance the output performance and the energy conversion efficiency of the piezoelectric bimorph comparing with the single-bimorph single-chamber check-valve piezoelectric membrane pump.

Experimental Studies on Triple-Chamber Piezoelectric Pump with Triple Vibrators under Different Working Modes

2014 ◽  
Vol 915-916 ◽  
pp. 366-371
Author(s):  
Bing Han ◽  
Zhong Hua Zhang ◽  
Shu Yun Wang ◽  
Jun Wu Kan ◽  
Ze Hui Ma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Structural Parameters ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Piezoelectric Pump ◽  
Output Performance ◽  
Serial Connection ◽  
Working Principle ◽  
Working Frequency ◽  
Working Parameters ◽  
Left Middle

The structure and working principle of serial-connection 3-chamber PZT pump was introduced, and the output performance of the PZT pump was analyzed under different working modes. The pump was tested, respectively, first with each of the three actuators at different location being actuated solely, and then with random two of the three actuators at different location being actuated (in anti-phase) synchronously. The test results show that changing the driving strategy can change the output performance of the piezoelectric pump, with the structural parameters, working parameters and connection Strategy determined. At a voltage of 150 V, the maximal flowrate and optimal working frequencies for the pump under working mode of left, middle, right chambers actuated solely are 9/7.5/11 ml/min and 260/380/720 Hz respectively. The maximal flowrate and the optimal working frequency for the pump under working mode of left and middle chambers/middle and right chambers actuated synchronously are 17/28 ml/min and 460/600 Hz respectively.

Driving Power Supply of Single-Chamber and Single-Vibrator Piezoelectric Pump

2013 ◽  
Vol 442 ◽  
pp. 386-391
Author(s):  
Ye Ming Sun ◽  
Guang Ming Cheng ◽  
Ping Zeng
Keyword(s):  
High Voltage ◽  
Power Supply ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Driving Voltage ◽  
Piezoelectric Pump ◽  
Single Chamber ◽  
Output Performance ◽  
Large Current ◽  
Operating Frequency Range ◽  
Sine Signal

Aiming at driving requirements of single-chamber and single-vibrator piezoelectric pump, a driving power supply is designed. Firstly, the power supply utilizes signal generating circuit to obtain a tiny sine signal with adjustable amplitude and frequency. Then it utilizes high-voltage amplifying circuit and power amplifying circuit to gain high voltage and large current to drive the piezoelectric pump. Prototype of driving power supply is manufactured and its output performance is tested. Experimental results show that, in power supply, the driving signal output approaches sine signal in waveform, and controlling varies of piezoelectric pump (driving voltage and frequency) can be adjusted independently and continuously. Within operating frequency range of piezoelectric pump, the driving voltage is up to 170V. The driving power supply designed meets the driving requirements of the piezoelectric pump, and has advantages of small size, light weight, and low cost.

The Parameter Design and Experiment of Active Valve with Piezoelectric Pump

2011 ◽  
Vol 305 ◽  
pp. 320-324
Author(s):  
Jian Ming Wen ◽  
Ji Jie Ma ◽  
Zhong Hua Zhang ◽  
Guang Ming Cheng ◽  
Jun Wu Kan
Keyword(s):  
Structure Design ◽  
Structure Model ◽  
Piezoelectric Bimorph ◽  
Piezoelectric Pump ◽  
Valve Body ◽  
Active Valve ◽  
New Type ◽  
Working Principle ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Relevant Experiment

Because of the shortage of related research,active valve,as the key composing part of piezoelectric pump, had very important influence on the performance of piezoelectric pump,a new type of active valve actuated by circular piezoelectric bimorph was developed. First, active vavle based on the circular piezoelectric bimorph was designed, and the working principle of the valve was analyzed.Then,the structure model of the valve body was set up, the flow formula of the valve was established,the optimization of the structure parameter was carried out by using ANSYS software,the optimization parameter including the valve aperture of 0.3mm、the valve width of 0.5mm、the valve radius of 0.7mm were obtained. Finally, active valve was manufactured and the relevant experiment study were carried out, the experimental results showed the active valve had the maximun flow of 540ml/min, and the flow of vavle could be adjusted by changing square wave duty-cycle. The structure model and experiment results provided theoretic fundation for the structure design of valve body with the active valve.

scholarly journals Advances in Valveless Piezoelectric Pumps

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (15) ◽  
pp. 7061
Author(s):  
Qiufeng Yan ◽  
Yongkang Yin ◽  
Wanting Sun ◽  
Jun Fu
Keyword(s):  
Structure Design ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Liquid Cooling ◽  
Piezoelectric Pump ◽  
Pump Design ◽  
Output Pressure ◽  
Output Performance ◽  
Development Tendency ◽  
Important Branch ◽  
Valveless Piezoelectric Pump

Piezoelectric pump design is regarded as a hot research topic in the microfluidic field, and has been applied in liquid cooling, precision machinery and other relevant domains. The valveless piezoelectric pump becomes an important branch of the piezoelectric pump, because it successfully avoids the problem of “pump-lagging of valve” during the valve piezoelectric pump processing. This paper summarizes the development of valveless piezoelectric pumps, and introduces some different configurations of valveless piezoelectric pumps. The structure and material of all kinds of valveless piezoelectric pumps are elaborated in detail, and also the output performance of the pump is evaluated and analyzed with the variations in flow rate and output pressure as reference. By comparing the flow of different types of valveless piezoelectric pumps, the application of valveless piezoelectric pumps is also illustrated. The development tendency of the valveless piezoelectric pump is prospected from the perspective of structure design and machining methods, which is expected to provide novel ideas and guidance for future research.

Experiment analysis of high output pressure piezoelectric pump with straight arm wheeled check valve

2021 ◽  
pp. 1045389X2098700
Author(s):  
Lipeng He ◽  
Xiaoqiang Wu ◽  
Zheng Zhang ◽  
Zhe Wang ◽  
Bangcheng Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Analysis ◽  
Energy Loss ◽  
Check Valve ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Piezoelectric Pump ◽  
Output Pressure ◽  
Pressure Characteristic ◽  
Analysis System ◽  
Experiment Analysis ◽  
High Output

Piezoelectric pumps are applied in many fields, such as chemical analysis system and fluid pumping systems. Piezoelectric pumps with high output pressure can meet the needs of more fields. This article introduces the design and fabrication of a high output pressure piezoelectric pump with straight arm wheeled check valve. In this paper, the influence of straight arm wheeled check valve on the output pressure of piezoelectric pump is deeply discussed from the aspect of energy loss. This study investigated the effect of valve arm number ( N = 2, 3,4, and 5), the valve arm width ( W = 0.8, 1.0, and 1.2 mm), and the valve arm length ( L = 1.92, 2.02, and 2.12 mm) on the output pressure of piezoelectric pump. The output pressure characteristic of straight arm wheeled check valve piezoelectric pump with different valve parameters is obtained by experiment. Experimental results show that when N = 4, W = 1.0 mm, L = 2.02 mm, the output pressure of the straight arm wheeled check valve piezoelectric pump has the best output pressure of 27.41 kPa at 220 V and 85 Hz. This study provides a reference for the further application of piezoelectric pumps in fluid pumping field.

scholarly journals Improving Output Performance of a Resonant Piezoelectric Pump by Adding Proof Masses to a U-Shaped Piezoelectric Resonator

Micromachines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 500
Author(s):  
Jian Chen ◽  
Wenzhi Gao ◽  
Changhai Liu ◽  
Liangguo He ◽  
Yishan Zeng
Keyword(s):  
Flow Rate ◽  
Maximum Flow ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Driving Voltage ◽  
Piezoelectric Resonator ◽  
Piezoelectric Pump ◽  
Compact Structure ◽  
Output Performance ◽  
Volume Efficiency ◽  
Working Efficiency

This study proposes the improvement of the output performance of a resonant piezoelectric pump by adding proof masses to the free ends of the prongs of a U-shaped piezoelectric resonator. Simulation analyses show that the out-of-phase resonant frequency of the developed resonator can be tuned more efficiently within a more compact structure to the optimal operating frequency of the check valves by adjusting the thickness of the proof masses, which ensures that both the resonator and the check valves can operate at the best condition in a piezoelectric pump. A separable prototype piezoelectric pump composed of the proposed resonator and two diaphragm pumps was designed and fabricated with outline dimensions of 30 mm × 37 mm × 54 mm. Experimental results demonstrate remarkable improvements in the output performance and working efficiency of the piezoelectric pump. With the working fluid of liquid water and under a sinusoidal driving voltage of 298.5 Vpp, the miniature pump can achieve the maximum flow rate of 2258.9 mL/min with the highest volume efficiency of 77.1% and power consumption of 2.12 W under zero backpressure at 311/312 Hz, and the highest backpressure of 157.3 kPa under zero flow rate at 383 Hz.

Fast Design and Manufactured on Complex Flow Channel by Rapid Prototyping for Air-Breathing Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei-Hsiang Lai ◽  
Cheng Yu Chen ◽  
Ming-Chang Chou
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Rapid Prototyping ◽  
Power Density ◽  
Structure Design ◽  
Carbon Paper ◽  
Complex Flow ◽  
Air Breathing ◽  
Prototype Development ◽  
Assembly Method ◽  
Serial Connection

The miniature and air-breathing fuel cell has become the globally major design concepts of fuel cell development recently. In this paper, the authors used 3-D drafting software for fast design and utilize rapid prototyping (RP) technology to accelerate the prototype development of new stack designs and optimize the assembly method. A fast design and convenient manufacture tool, i.e., rapid prototyping, has been first successfully applied to the fabrication of the complicated flow channels of both DMFC and PEMFC in this paper. The honeycomb shape methanol reservoir and honeycomb cathode structure design of DMFC and a complex flow distributor design of mono-polar PEMFC stack, which are almost impossibly manufactured by traditional CNC manufacturing, is fabricated by rapid prototyping technology and illustrated for the extraordinary advantages of RP technology. This paper shows that the fast design and manufacture characteristics are more important for the feasibility study of a complicated structure and any new design ideas. Although the performance of air-breathing pseudo-polar DMFC is only 2.16 mW/cm2 in peak power density by using 50% of hydrophobic carbon paper; this poor performance is resort to the MEA of DMFC is not well prepared. The other example of the power density of 188 mW/cm2 (at 0.425 V) in parallel-connection and 123mW/cm2 (at 4.25V) in serial-connection for the air-breathing mono-polar PEMFC stack are achieved. The performance of the stack is close to the state-of-the-art comparing to recently published literatures [6–9].

Use Piezoelectric Bimorph for the Fiber Bragg Grating Tuner

2010 ◽  
Vol 143-144 ◽  
pp. 196-200
Author(s):  
Xiao Li Zhang ◽  
Da Kai Liang ◽  
Jie Zeng
Keyword(s):  
Fiber Bragg Grating ◽  
Tuning Range ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Optical Filter ◽  
Bragg Grating ◽  
Operating Voltage ◽  
Piezoelectric Bimorph ◽  
Central Wavelength ◽  
Tunable Optical Filter ◽  
Before And After

A wavelength tunable optical filter based on a fiber Bragg grating using piezoelectric bimorph is realized in this paper, and the tuning condition is theoretically and experimentally analyzed. The Bragg central wavelength of the filter can be easily tuned adopting to a DC voltage. The maximum strain of the central wavelength depends upon the maximum operating voltage, and the tuning range efficiency was as high as 1.2pm/V, the reflectivity, shape and the reflective spectrums of the fiber Bragg grating central wavelength almost keep unchanged before and after tunning. This paper provides a reference for optical fiber Bragg grating tuner.with high efficiency.

Valveless Piezoelectric Pump with Reverse Diversion Channel

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (14) ◽  
pp. 1712
Author(s):  
Yongming Yao ◽  
Zhicong Zhou ◽  
Huiying Liu ◽  
Tianyu Li ◽  
Xiaobin Gao
Keyword(s):  
Reverse Flow ◽  
Structural Parameters ◽  
Maximum Flow ◽  
Simulation Software ◽  
Return Flow ◽  
Piezoelectric Pump ◽  
Output Performance ◽  
Diversion Channel ◽  
Tesla Valve ◽  
Valveless Piezoelectric Pump

In order to reduce backflow and improve output performance, a valveless piezoelectric pump with a reverse diversion channel was produced. The channel was designed based on the structure of the Tesla valve, which has no moving parts and can produce a high-pressure drop during reverse flow. Therefore, this special flowing channel can reduce the backflow of a valveless piezoelectric pump, which has the characteristic of one-way conduction. This work first revealed the relationship between the main structural parameters of the Tesla valve and the kinetic energy difference of liquid. Then, by using simulation software, the structure was verified to have the characteristics of effective suppression of the backflow of valveless piezoelectric pumps. Through setting multiple simulations, some important parameters that include the optimal height between the straight channels (H), the optimal angle (α) between the straight channel and the inclined channel, as well as the optimal radius (R) of the channel were confirmed. Finally, a series of prototypes were fabricated to test the output performance of this valveless piezoelectric pump. Comparing the experimental results, the optimal parameters of the Tesla valve were determined. The results suggest that when the parameters of the Tesla valve were H = 8 mm, α = 30°, and R = 3.4 mm, the output performance of this piezoelectric pump became best, which had a maximum flow rate of 79.26 mL/min with a piezoelectric actuator diameter of 35 mm, an applied voltage of 350 Vp-p, and a frequency of 28 Hz. The effect of this structure in reducing the return flow can be applied to fields such as agricultural irrigation.

Performance Comparison on Cross-Flow and Counter-Flow Planar Solid Oxide Fuel Cell

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huisheng Zhang ◽  
Wenshu Zhang ◽  
Zhenhua Lu ◽  
Shilie Weng
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Model ◽  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell ◽  
Cross Flow ◽  
Structure Design ◽  
Solid Oxide ◽  
Operating Voltage ◽  
Oxide Fuel ◽  
Counter Flow ◽  
Internal Reforming

Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) is a complicated system with heat and mass transfer as well as electrochemical reactions. The flow configuration has great impact on the system performance. Based on the established one dimensional direct internal reforming SOFC mathematical model, with the consideration of the flow, thermal and electrical characteristic, this paper developed the two dimensional mathematical model for both counter-flow and cross-flow types. Plus, the comparison and analysis of the steady distribution are performed. The results reveal that on the geometry parameters and inlet conditions, the outlet temperatures of counter-flow SOFC are lower than that of cross-flow. However, the average temperature of PEN plate is higher than cross-flow, and both the operating voltage and electric efficiency are also higher than that of cross-flow. This will be beneficial for the structure design of SOFC.

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