Fabrication and testing of bubble powered micropumps using embedded microheater |
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Authors: | Jung-Yeul Jung Ho-Young Kwak |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 156-756, South Korea |
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Abstract: | A bubble-powered micropump which consists of a pair of nozzle-diffuser flow controller and a pumping chamber was fabricated
and tested in this study. The two-parallel micro line heaters were fabricated to be embedded in the silicon dioxide layer
above a silicon wafer which serves as a base plate for the micropump. A pumping chamber, a pair of nozzle-diffuser unit and
microchannels including the liquid inlet and outlet port were fabricated by etching through another silicon wafer. A glass
wafer having two holes of inlet and outlet ports of liquid serve as upper plate of the pump. Sequential photographs of bubble
nucleation, growth and collapse were visualized by CCD camera. The liquid flow through the nozzle during the period of bubble
growth and slight back flow of liquid at the collapse period can be clearly seen. The volume flow rate was found to be dependent
on the duty ratio and the operation frequency. The volume flow rate decreases as the duty ratio increases in the micropump
with either circular or square pumping chamber. |
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Keywords: | Bubble-powered Microheater Micropump Visualization |
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