Performance evaluation of a valveless micropump driven by a ring-type piezoelectric actuator

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 463-473

  Zhang, Tao ^a,b,c,d   Wang, Qing Ming ^a,b,d,e,f  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ASME   (United States)

^e Materials Research Society (MRS)   (United States)

^f AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELL (DMFC); MICROPUMP SYSTEM; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS;

ACTUATORS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUEL CELLS; METHANOL; PUMPS;

PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDICS; MOTION; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDICS; MOTION; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 33645064839     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2006.1593386     Document Type: Article

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