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| Author(s): |
Sandro Luis Vatanabe
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Politécnica (EP/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2008-11-27 |
| Examining board members: |
Emílio Carlos Nelli Silva;
Júlio Cezar Adamowski;
Juan Sergio Romero Saenz
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| Advisor: | Emílio Carlos Nelli Silva |
| Abstract | |
Flow pumps, in addition to traditional applications in Engineering, are important tools in areas such as Bioengineering, applied to blood pumping, dosage of medicine and chemical reagents, and in the field of thermal management solutions for electronic devices. Many of the new principles in flow pumps development are based on the use of piezoelectric actuators. These actuators present some advantages in relation to other applied types, for example, miniaturization potential, lower noise generation and fewer numbers of moving parts. Flow pumps based on undulatory and oscillatory movements, such as fish swimming, stand out among the various types of piezoelectric flow pumps. It is well known that fish swimming does not cause the death of microorganisms, what makes this principle applicable in Biotechnology, for example. Thus, the objective of this work is to study parallel-cascade configurations of bimorph piezoelectric actuators for liquid pumping based on the oscillatory principle, in order to obtain higher flow rates and pressure. The scope of this work includes structural and analyses of bimorph piezoelectric actuators and fluid flow simulations, and construction of prototypes for result validation. First, it is investigated the behavior of a single bimorph piezoelectric actuator oscillating in viscous fluid (water) to better understand the working principle used in this work. The study of a single piezoelectric actuator was used as a reference for the other proposed parallel-cascade configurations of actuators. It is expected that parallel actuators achieve higher flow rates, while the series actuators achieve higher pressures. The methods employed are presented and the obtained results are discussed, analyzing the principle and the related physical phenomena. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 06/58281-1 - Viability study of bilaminar piezoelectric actuators for liquid pumping |
| Grantee: | Sandro Luis Vatanabe |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |