3D打印的锥管坡面腔底无阀压电泵

为提高无阀压电泵的流量特性和解决泵加工工艺性差的问题,研制出了锥形流管坡面腔底无阀泵。首先,提出并设计了锥形流管坡面腔底无阀泵,分析了该泵的工作原理;然后,利用ansys软件对泵腔内流场做了模拟分析,分析结果表明该泵具有传输流体的能力;最后,利用3D打印技术制作了锥形流管坡面腔底无阀泵,并对泵的频率-流量特性进行了试验,驱动频率为8Hz时,锥形流管坡面腔底无阀泵的流量达到最大值26.8ml/min,比相同尺寸坡面腔底无阀压电泵在相同驱动电压条件下输出的最大流量增加了18.6%。试验结果表明,锥形流管坡面腔底无阀泵的流量特性优于坡面腔底无阀压电泵,且采用3D打印技术制作压电泵,提高了泵加工的工艺性,缩短了加工周期,降低了加工成本。     

非对称坡面腔底无阀压电泵流场分析

无阀压电泵需要外接用于产生单向流动流管,阻碍了压电泵的微小型化,针对这一缺点提出了非对称坡面腔底无阀压电泵,该压电泵将用于产生单向流动的部件——非对称坡面集成于泵腔的底部。对非对称坡面腔底无阀压电泵进行了计算机建模,基于商用Fluent12软件运用自定义函数(user defined functions,简称UDF)对压电振子运动形式进行了模拟;采用RNGκ-ε湍流模型对瞬态N-S方程进行了求解,分析了泵腔内流场;得出了从20°到70°不同坡面角度下的平均流量,在坡面角为20°时,可以得到最大平均流量为0.864 ml/min,并通过流量测量试验测得该泵的最大流量达到了8.6 ml/min。从仿真和试验的角度验证了该泵的可行性。     

非对称分叉流管无阀压电泵的设计及试验

具有微混合功能的多级Y型流管无阀压电泵存在着输出流量与振子带载能力不平衡的问题。为此，提出了一种非对称分叉流管无阀压电泵。首先，理论分析了该无阀压电泵输出流量与流管流阻间的关系；其次，利用有限元软件数值计算了多级Y型流管的流阻特性；最后，采用光固化快速成型技术加工了样机，并进行了泵特性试验和振子振动测试。试验结果表明：在峰峰值200 V正弦波交流电驱动下，该压电泵的流量、扬程和压电振子的振幅都随驱动频率增加呈现先增大后减小的趋势；当驱动频率为31 Hz时，最大流量为4 g/min；驱动频率为38 Hz时，最大扬程为40.5 mmH2O。在试验施加电压范围内，该泵的输出性能与驱动电压呈正相关性。本研究验证了非对称流道树型无阀压电泵的可行性，为非对称无阀压电泵在微流道滴灌和微混合等领域的应用提供了参考。     

细胞或高分子输送用"Y"形流管无阀压电泵的工作原理及流量特性

在泵腔上安装两支互为倒置的具有一定夹角的三通流管,组成泵腔的流入、排出口,并与压电振子、泵体及其他部件共同构成了"Y"形流管无阀压电泵.该泵无自身化学污染源及电磁污染源,也没有阀的开启过程;同时,具有极大的可微小化和集成化的结构能力;而且,在流管内产生的漩涡相对较小,有利于输送活体细胞及长链高分子.提出新型"Y"形流管无阀压电泵的结构.基于有限体积法,分别模拟锥形流管与"Y"形流管中的压力分布与速度矢量分布,证明"Y"形流管中的漩涡远小于圆锥流管中的漩涡,速度、压力的变化也较圆锥流管低.通过具体分析压电振子的振动,建立泵容积变化方程;同时建立泵流量与压电振子频率之间的关系式.最后,通过对所研究的"Y"形流管无阀压电泵进行流量试验后证明"Y"形流管无阀压电泵具有泵特性,进而证明了上述理论模型的正确性.     

无阀气体压电泵仿真分析与实验

为了提高微型泵输出流量以及获得连续出流能力,设计了一种基于合成射流原理的无阀气体压电泵。首先,分析了压电气泵的工作原理,测试了压电振子的振幅;其次,利用CFX软件对无阀气泵进行仿真分析,得到压电气泵在0T,1/4T,2/4T和3/4T时刻的气体流速分布,以及容腔高度、泵腔高度、射流孔直径和出口直径对气泵流量的影响规律;最后,制作了无阀气体压电泵的实验样机。测试结果表明,当无阀压电气泵在驱动电压为120V、驱动频率为400Hz、容腔高度为0.1mm、泵腔高度为1.4mm、射流孔直径为1.3mm和出口直径为2mm时,泵输出气体流量为1800ml/min左右,实验与仿真分析基本吻合。该气泵能输出较大气体流量并具有连续出流的能力。     

单振子双腔体无阀压电泵结构设计与机理分析

提出了一种单振子双腔体无阀压电泵,应用小挠度弹性弯曲理论导出了圆形复合压电振子的弹性曲面微分方程,分析了采用一个压电振子形成两个工作腔体压电泵的结构和工作机理,并与单振子单腔体压电泵对比分析了该结构与输出流量的关系。设计研制了结构独特、输出性能更高的单振子双腔体无阀压电泵,通过试验表明:单振子双腔体无阀压电泵比单振子单腔体无阀压电泵输出流量有明显提高。     

非对称群峰结构无阀压电泵的理论分析

提出了一种新颖的非对称群峰结构无阀压电泵.利用泵底的空间,沿泵的出入口轴线方向开发出非对称群峰结构,从而在泵腔内部形成串联的渐扩/渐缩流道,替代了传统的安装在泵腔外的渐扩/渐缩流管.当泵工作时,非对称群峰结构能驱使流体向单一方向流动.建立了数学模型以表达该泵的平均能量损失与流量之间的关系,并分析了该泵的工作原理.实验验证了理论分析的正确性,当一个坡面角固定为90°,而另一坡面角在10°～60°之间变化时,实验数据与理论计算的误差<10%.     

"Y"形流管无阀压电泵模拟与试验

对"Y"形流管无阀压电泵内部流场及泵流量特性进行了模拟及试验研究.采用CFX软件对"Y"形流管无阀压电泵泵腔内的流场特性进行了模拟分析.结果表明:"Y"形流管无阀压电泵工作时泵腔内的压强变化很小,涡旋对流体传输活体细胞及长链大分子基本无影响.实际制作了"Y"形流管无阀压电泵,并通过改变"Y"形流管的几何尺寸,研究了压电泵进出口端压差的变化规律.试验结果表明,压差随支管夹角增大而减小,并且当两支管宽的和接近主管宽时,压差值达到最小,当支管夹角为5°,宽为1.2 mm时,压差达到最大725 Pa.     

泵用压电振子动态特性的研究

为了提高压电泵的效率、优化压电泵的结构,对泵用压电振子的动态特性进行了研究。介绍了一种新型压电泵——Y形流管无阀压电泵的结构和工作原理;对Y形流管无阀压电泵压电振子的振动状态进行了理论分析,得到了压电振子的固有频率及最大振幅的理论计算公式,并证明了理论分析结果的正确性;根据理论分析结果,对压电振子几何参数和基底层材料对其振动特性的影响进行了分析讨论。分析结果表明：压电振子的PZT层与基底层的直径比应在0.75左右,厚度比应小于1;基底层材料对频率影响较大,但对最大振幅影响较小。     

“Y”形流管无阀压电泵模拟与试验研究

为了对“Y”形流管无阀压电泵的工作特性有更深入的了解,使其更好地满足输血、输液等工作的需要,对“Y”形流管无阀压电泵内部流场及泵流量特性进行了模拟及试验研究。采用CFX软件对“Y”形流管无阀压电泵泵腔内的流场特性进行了模拟分析。结果表明：“Y”形流管无阀压电泵工作时泵腔内的压强变化很小,涡旋对流体传输活体细胞及长链大分子基本无影响。实际制作了“Y”形流管无阀压电泵,并通过改变“Y”形流管的几何尺寸,研究了压电泵进出口端压差的变化规律。试验结果表明压差随支管夹角增大而减小,并且当两支管宽的和接近主管宽时,压差值达到最小,当支管夹角为5°,宽为1.2mm时,压差达到最大的74mm水柱。     

Theoretical analysis and experimental investigation of valveless piezoelectric pump with unsymmetrical ridges

A novel valveless piezoelectric pump with unsymmetrical ridges is presented at first. It ingeniously utilizes the inner space of its chamber by developing its chamber bottom into unsymmetrical ridges along the direction of the inlet and outlet of the pump. Hence, a series of cuneiform channels are asymmetrically and alternately formed between the unsymmetrical ridges and the piezoelectric vibrator, which enables the pump to form a one-way flow instead of the function of the traditional diffuse or nozzle elements fitted outside the chamber. Then, by analyzing the vibration of the piezoelectric vibrator, the vibration deformation function and the equation of volume change are established. Meanwhile, the theoretical equation of the pump flow rate is established. Finally, a real valveless piezoelectric pump with unsymmetrical ridges is manufactured, and the flow rate of the pump is measured through experiments. It is proved that the theory is rational and correct by comparing the experimental flow rate and the theoretical flow rate. In addition, for calculating the theoretical flow rate, the positive and converse flow resistance coefficients of unsymmetrical ridges are measured through experiments, when one slope angle of the unsymmetrical ridges is 90° and another is changing from 20° to 60°, respectively.     

Theoretical analysis and experimental verification on valve-less piezoelectric pump with hemisphere-segment bluff-body

Existing researches on no-moving part valves in valve-less piezoelectric pumps mainly concentrate on pipeline valves and chamber bottom valves, which leads to the complex structure and manufacturing process of pump channel and chamber bottom. Furthermore, position fixed valves with respect to the inlet and outlet also makes the adjustability and controllability of flow rate worse. In order to overcome these shortcomings, this paper puts forward a novel implantable structure of valve-less piezoelectric pump with hemisphere-segments in the pump chamber. Based on the theory of flow around bluff-body, the flow resistance on the spherical and round surface of hemisphere-segment is different when fluid flows through, and the macroscopic flow resistance differences thus formed are also different. A novel valve-less piezoelectric pump with hemisphere-segment bluff-body （HSBB） is presented and designed. HSBB is the no-moving part valve. By the method of volume and momentum comparison, the stress on the bluff-body in the pump chamber is analyzed. The essential reason of unidirectional fluid pumping is expounded, and the flow rate formula is obtained. To verify the theory, a prototype is produced. By using the prototype, experimental research on the relationship between flow rate, pressure difference, voltage, and frequency has been carried out, which proves the correctness of the above theory. This prototype has six hemisphere-segments in the chamber filled with water, and the effective diameter of the piezoelectric bimorph is 30mm. The experiment result shows that the flow rate can reach 0.50 mL/s at the frequency of 6 Hz and the voltage of 110 V. Besides, the pressure difference can reach 26.2 mm H20 at the frequency of 6 Hz and the voltage of 160 V. This research proposes a valve-less piezoelectric pump with hemisphere-segment bluff-body, and its validity and feasibility is verified through theoretical analysis and experiment.     

Research on the valveless piezoelectric pump with Y-shape pipes

A piezoelectric pump with its Y-shape elements is presented. Two Y-shape pipes are fixed outside the chamber serving as an inlet and outlet, with the chamber and a piezoelectric vibrator being the actor. The pump has the potential to be miniaturized and integrated. Eddies occurring in the Y-shape elements are smaller, which is beneficial for the transport of living cells or long-link macromolecules. In this paper, the structure of the pump is first presented. Then, the equations on the change in volume and the mean pressure in the chamber are established, as well as the relation between the flow rate and the working frequency of the piezoelectric vibrator. Moreover, the relation between the mean pressure in the chamber and the working frequency of the piezoelectric vibrator is established. Finally, experiments are carried out to test the characteristics of the pump and to verify the correction of the theory on this pump.     

轴向出流的单腔压电泵结构设计与性能研究

为提高压电泵的输出性能,设计了一种新型轴向出流的单腔有阀压电泵。泵体结构主要由3部分构成,即固定压电振子的上盖、带有腔体结构和被动截止阀的中间体及起压紧和密封作用的下盖。轴向出流的单腔压电泵的结构是将进口阀安装在圆柱形腔体的中心位置,保证进口管的轴线与压电振子垂直,出口阀安装在泵腔外,通过导流槽与泵腔连接,形成轴向进出流方式。将轴向出流的单腔压电泵和早期设计的侧向出流压电泵进行输出性能测试,试验发现,在低频工作阶段,侧向出流的单腔压电泵输出效果要略高于轴向出流,在高频工作阶段,后者要高于前者,而在整个40~400 Hz测试范围内,后者输出的液体压力都要高于前者。     

Analysis on flow field of the valveless piezoelectric pump with two inlets and one outlet and a rotating unsymmetrical slopes element

Typically,liquid pump and liquids mixer are two separate devices.The invention of piezoelectric pump makes it possible to integrate the two devices.Hower,the existing piezoelectric mixing-pumps are larger because the need the space outside the chamber,and another shortcome of them is that they cannot adjust the mixing ratio of two liquids.In this paper,a new piezoelectric pump being capable of integrating mixer and pump is presented,based on the theory of the piezoelectric pump with the unsymmetrical slopes element(USE).Besides the features of two inlets and one outlet,the piezoelectric pump has a rotatable unsymmetrical slopes element(RUSE).When the pump works,two fluids flow into the inlet channels respectively.Then the RUSE controls the ratio of the two flows by adjusting the flow resistances of the two inlet channels.The fluids form a net flow due to the USE principle,while they are mixed into a homogeneous solution due to strong turbulence flow field and complex vortices generated by RUSE in the chamber.And then the solution flows through the outlet.Firstly,the theoretical analysis on this pump is performed.Meanwhile,the flow field in the chamber is calculated and simulated.And then,the relationship between the flows of the two channels and the rotating angle of the RUSE is set up and analyzed.Finally,experiment with the proposed pump is carried out to verify the numerical results.A RUSE with 20° slope angle is used in the experiment.Four sets of data are tested with the RUSE at the rotating angles of 0°,6°,11°,and 16°,respectively,corresponding to the numerical models.The experimental results show that the empirical data and the theoretical data share the same trend.The maximum error between the theoretical flow and the experimental flow is 11.14%,and the maximum error between the theoretical flow ratio of the two inlets and the experimental one is 2.5%.The experiment verified the theoretical analysis.The proposed research provides a new idea for integration of micro liquids mixer and micro liquids pump.     

Principle and experimental verification of caudal-fin-type piezoelectric-stack pump with variable-cross-section oscillating vibrator

In the traditional flow-resistance-differential (FRD) type valve-less piezoelectric pump,the generated outflow and pressure are discontinuous because of the inherent periodicity and fluctuation of the pump.To overcome these drawbacks,utilizing the bending vibration of piezoelectric bimorph to drive fluid was conducted.However,our investigation on the current status of this piezoelectric bimorph pump shows that larger driving force and vibration amplitude are required for fluid pumping;the pumping can be realized through the centrifugal force;and the mechanism of fluid pumping is no longer further studied.Based on these cases,the paper designed a piezoelectric-stack pump with variable-cross-section oscillating (VCSO) vibrator by imitating the swing of the caudal-fin of tuna,and the pump is neither the rotating type nor the volumetric type according to the taxonomy.The interaction between the oscillating vibrator and the fluid parcel is firstly analyzed from the viewpoint of momentum conservation,and the analytical expression of pump flow rate is obtained.Then the modal and harmonic response analyses on the vibrator immerged in water are carried out.From the analyses the first two orders resonance frequencies are 832 Hz and 1 939 Hz,respectively,and the peak value of the tip amplitude is 0.6 mm.Laser Doppler vibrometer is used to measure both the frequency and vibration amplitude,and the determined first two orders resonance frequencies are 617 Hz and 1 356 Hz,respectively.The measured tip amplitude reaches to the peak value of 0.3 mm.At last,experimental measurement for the flow rates with different driving frequencies is conducted.The results show that the flow rate can reach 560 mL/min at 1 370 Hz when the pump runs under the backpressure of 30 mm water column.And the flow rate is as much as 560% of that of experiment results carried out by researchers from Brazil.The proposed pump innovates in both theory and taxonomy;in addition,the pump overcomes the drawbacks such as large flow fluctuation and low flow rate     

双腔串联两阀与三阀压电泵的性能研究

研究了双腔串联两阀压电泵与三阀压电泵的输出性能,分析了这两种泵的结构和工作原理,理论分析得出:三阀泵输出性能优于两阀泵。设计制作了两阀泵与三阀泵实验样机,并通过实验测试证明了理论分析的正确性。分别对两阀泵和三阀泵进口腔和出口腔独立工作时流量输出进行了实验测试,并把进口腔和出口腔独立工作时输出流量相加之和,与两腔一起交叉工作时进行了比较。实验测试表明:两阀泵和三阀泵样机在200 V交流驱动电压下,最大输出流量分别 为972 ml/min和1 035 ml/min,最大输出压力分别为28.7 kPa和40 kPa,最大自吸高度分别为0.41 m和0.43 m水柱高。     

FLOW DIRECTION OF PIEZOELECTRIC PUMP WITH NOZZLE／DIFFUSERELEMENTS

The piezoelectric pump with nozzle/diffuser-elements, which oscillating form differing from regular volumetric reciprocating or rotating pumps because there are nozzle/diffuser-elements substituted for regular valves, is a new type pump whose actuator is a piezoelectric ceramal part with verse piezoelectric effect. In recent year, piezoelectric pump is paid increasing attention to because it is an ideal candidate in application in such area as medical health, mechanical tools and micro-mechanism. The fundamental research on it, however, is still not made through. Focuses on the phenomenon of different directions of flow among Germany pump, Chinese pump and Swiss pump, which are all fitted with nozzle/diffuser-elements, and analyzes the cone angle of nozzle/diffuser-elements based on the flow equation of valve-less piezoelectric pump with nozzle/diffuser-elements. As a result, the concepts of diffuser loss coefficient and loss coefficient are introduced to explain these phenomena, from which a discussion