A new bubble-driven pulse pressure actuator for micromixing enhancement

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 194-205

  Wang, B ^a   Xu, J L ^a   Zhang, W ^a   Li, Y X ^b  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF ENERGY CONVERSION   (China)

Author keywords

Actuator; Micromixing; Mixing degree; Pulse heating; Thermal bubble

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; CHANNEL WIDTHS; CHIP SUBSTRATES; CIRCULAR BUBBLE; CIRCULAR CHAMBER; DIVERGING SECTION; FLUID MOVEMENT; GLASS COVERS; HIGH RELIABILITY; HUMAN BEING; JOULE HEAT; LOOP CONFIGURATION; LOW PULSE FREQUENCY; MARANGONI EFFECTS; MICRO FLUIDIC APPLICATIONS; MICRO FLUIDIC SYSTEM; MICRO-MIXING; MICROHEATER; MIXING CHANNEL; MIXING DEGREE; MIXING ENHANCEMENT; MIXING LENGTH; MOVING PARTS; PULSE DURATIONS; PULSE FREQUENCIES; PULSE HEATING; PULSE PRESSURE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SUPPORTING STRUCTURE; THERMAL BUBBLE; VAPOR-LIQUID INTERFACES; WORKING PRINCIPLES;

FLUIDS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEATING; HEATING EQUIPMENT; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROFLUIDICS; MIXING; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPHERES; THERMAL PRINTING;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 79959714868     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2011.05.017     Document Type: Article

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