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Study of the technical viability of a piezoelectric flow pump

Grant number: 04/14675-0
Support Opportunities:Research Grants - Innovative Research in Small Business - PIPE
Start date: May 01, 2005
End date: July 31, 2009
Field of knowledge:Engineering - Biomedical Engineering - Bioengineering
Principal Investigator:Rogério Felipe Pires
Grantee:Rogério Felipe Pires
Company:Inoveo Pesquisa, Desenvolvimento de Produtos e Projetos de Automação de Sistemas Ltda (Inoveo)
City: São Paulo

Abstract

The development of pumps for precision flow has been taking place in a number of areas (such as bioengineering) for use in the pumping of blood or in the dosage of reagents and medicines.Many of the new principles applied are based on the use of piezoelectric actuators. These actuators offer certain advantages over other traditionally used types, such as greater potential for miniaturization, less noise generation and reduced number of moving parts. Thus, the present project aims to carry out the study of the technical viability of a new configuration of piezoelectric flow pump by means of the elaboration of computational modules, the optimization of parameters and the construction of an experimental bench top prototype to check its functionality. Simultaneously with the technical viability study, two products with potential application in the technology being studied will be researched: water refrigeration systems for processors in high performance microcomputers and blood pumps for applications which involve extracorporeal circulation. (AU)

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Scientific publications
(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)
VATANABE, SANDRO L.; CHOI, ANDRES; DE LIMA, CICERO R.; NELLI SILVA, EMILIO CARLOS. Design and Characterization of a Biomimetic Piezoelectric Pump Inspired on Group Fish Swimming Effect. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, v. 21, n. 2, p. 133-147, . (06/58281-1, 04/14675-0)
CHOI, ANDRES; VATANABE, SANDRO L.; DE LIMA, CICERO R.; SILVA, EMILIO C. N.. Computational and experimental characterization of a low-cost piezoelectric valveless diaphragm pump. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, v. 23, n. 1, p. 53-63, . (11/02387-4, 04/14675-0)