An investigation into a piezoelectrically actuated nebulizer with μEDM-made micronozzle array

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1147-1156

  Jeng, Y R ^a   Su, C C ^a,b   Feng, G H ^a   Peng, Y Y ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b WUFENG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

EDM; Micronozzle; Piezoelectrically actuated nebulizer

Indexed keywords

MICRONOZZLE; PIEZOELECTRICALLY ACTUATED NEBULIZER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW RATE; NOZZLES; VISCOSITY;

PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW RATE; NOZZLES; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 34447556711     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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