A review of recent studies on piezoelectric pumps and their applications

H Li, J Liu, K Li, Y Liu - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2021 - Elsevier
Piezoelectric pumps have obtained considerable significance and have become the focus
area of research for biomedicine, fuel supply, liquid cooling, chemistry and precision driving …

A review of recent studies on valve-less piezoelectric pumps

W Li, D Li, L He, Y Wang, D Wang… - Review of Scientific …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Due to the advantages of small size, low power consumption and price, no wear, and
reliable performances of valve-less piezoelectric pumps, which academics have studied and …

Optimal design of fluidic diode for valveless piezoelectric pump based on entropy production theory

J Huang, J Gong, L Wang, H Affane, Q Zhang… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2023 - Elsevier
In order to improve the outflow of valveless piezoelectric pump with fluidic diodes, the
unidirectional cut-off performance of the fluidic diode needs to be improved. For this reason …

Numerical study and experimental validation of a valveless piezoelectric air blower for fluidic applications

VT Dau, TX Dinh - Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2015 - Elsevier
In this paper, we report the numerical and experimental study of a valveless microblower
actuated by a lead zirconate titanate (PZT) diaphragm. The blower is numerically studied …

Bipolar corona discharge based air flow generation with low net charge

TX Dinh, T Terebessy, TT Bui - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper, we report on a miniaturized device that can generate ion wind flow with very
low net charge. Both positive and negative ions are simultaneously generated from two …

Experimental analysis of a valve-less piezoelectric micropump with crescent-shaped structure

D Zhao, LP He, W Li, Y Huang… - … of Micromechanics and …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
This study presents a high-performance valve-less piezoelectric micropump with crescent-
shaped structure. This micropump was designed by finite element analysis (FEA) and …

Valveless piezoelectric pump with reverse diversion channel

Y Yao, Z Zhou, H Liu, T Li, X Gao - Electronics, 2021 - mdpi.com
In order to reduce backflow and improve output performance, a valveless piezoelectric pump
with a reverse diversion channel was produced. The channel was designed based on the …

A new structure of Tesla coupled nozzle in synthetic jet micro-pump

CD Tran, PH Pham, TK Nguyen, HP Phan… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2020 - Elsevier
Synthetic jet pump is a potential technique to improve the pumping performance by
introducing a smart structure which can enhance counter-rotating vortexes. Aligning with this …

Jet flow in a circulatory miniaturized system using ion wind

TX Dinh, DB Lam, CD Tran, TT Bui, PH Pham - Mechatronics, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper applies our recent approach to generate a circulatory jet flow within a confined
space using ionic wind by the corona discharge. A millimetre-scaled prototype with bipolar …

Flow based immuno/bioassay and trends in micro-immuno/biosensors

SK Hartwell, K Grudpan - Microchimica Acta, 2010 - Springer
The term immuno/bioassay refers to analytical techniques that utilize the specific molecular
recognition between antibodies and antigens or between biomolecules and specific …