Robust design of gas and liquid micropumps

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 68, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 480-486

  Richter, Martin ^a   Linnemann, Linnemann ^a   Woias, Peter ^a  

^a Fraunhofer Institut fur Festkorpertechnologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bubble tolerance; Design rules; Gas; Liquid; Micropumps; Self priming

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); GASES; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; LIQUIDS; PRESSURE;

BUBBLE TOLERANCE; GAS PUMPS; LIQUID PUMPS; MICROPUMPS;

PUMPS;

EID: 0043080404     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(98)00053-3     Document Type: Article

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