Normally closed electrostatic microvalve with pressure balance mechanism for portable fuel cell application

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 290-298

  Yoshida, Kazushi ^a   Tanaka, Shuji ^b   Hagihara, Yosuke ^a   Tomonari, Shigeaki ^a   Esashi, Masayoshi ^b  

^a PANASONIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrostatic actuator; Fuel cell; Microvalve

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION OF; DRIVING VOLTAGES; ELECTRIC GENERATION; MEASURED RESULTS; MICRO VALVES; MICROVALVE; PORTABLE FUEL CELLS; PRESSURE BALANCE; PRESSURIZED FUELS; SIMULATION RESULT;

ACTUATORS; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); ELECTROSTATICS; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; PRECISION BALANCES; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATORS;

EID: 75149161939     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2009.11.030     Document Type: Article

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