Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering >

2010 , Vol. 5 >Issue 2: 212 - 218

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11465-010-0009-x

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Novel piezoelectric pump with “E”-shaped valve found from sub-experiments

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  • 1.Precision Driving Laboratory, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China; 2.College of Mechanical & Electronic Engineer, Beijing Union University, Beijing 100020, China;

Published date: 05 Jun 2010

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Abstract

Increasing the driving frequency of a piezoelectric vibrator can resolve the bottleneck of low flow in a valve piezoelectric pump. However, a piezoelectric pump of a traditional valve body presents the hysteretic nature of the valve, and macroscopic performance is up-frequency to flow-sharply. This research is to settle the bottleneck mentioned above. First, through the sub-experiment on various parameters of the plate valve of a piezoelectric pump, the reasons why a valve body itself can influence “up-frequency to flow-sharply”, which causes the hysteretic nature of the valve, were discovered. Second, an “E”-shaped valve and piezoelectric pump with an “E”-shaped valve (PPEV) were invented. Finally, the efficiency of PPEV has been proved helpful to reduce hysteretic nature in experiments. Under the similar conditions, compared with traditional pumps, the driving frequency of novel PPEV can be more than 10 times high, and the flow rate also can be several times high.

Key words： piezoelectricity; valve; pump; experiment; “E”-shaped valve

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Jianhui ZHANG, Jun HUANG, Xiaoqi HU, Qixiao XI, . Novel piezoelectric pump with “E”-shaped valve found from sub-experiments[J]. Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering, 2010 , 5(2) : 212 -218 . DOI: 10.1007/s11465-010-0009-x

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