Design, fabrication and characterization of an axial-flow turbine for flow sensing

TRANSDUCERS 2003 - 12th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, Digest of Technical Papers

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 702-705

  Hong, Guodang ^a   Holmes, A S ^a   Heaton, M E ^a,b   Pullen, K P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Exitech Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic devices; Fabrication; Fluid flow; Polymers; Rotors; Sandwich structures; Silicon; Stators; Turbines; Voltage

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AXIAL FLOW; AXIAL FLOW TURBOMACHINERY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROMAGNETS; FABRICATION; FLOW OF GASES; MICROSYSTEMS; NITROGEN; POLYMERS; RADIAL FLOW; ROTORS; ROTORS (WINDINGS); SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SILICON; SOLID-STATE SENSORS; STATORS; TRANSDUCERS; TURBINES;

AXIAL FLOW TURBINES; ELECTROMAGNETIC DEVICES; ELECTROMAGNETIC GENERATORS; FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; FABRICATION PROCESS; LOWER PRESSURES; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 84944750354     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSOR.2003.1215570     Document Type: Conference Paper

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