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Experimental Verification of the Pumping Effect Caused by the Micro-Tapered Hole in a Piezoelectric Atomizer
In this study, we examined the use of a dynamic micro-tapered hole as a micro-scale tapered flow tube valveless piezoelectric pump. Firstly, we obtained photographs of a micro-tapered hole by using an environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM). Then, we explained the pump effect of the micro-...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6068914/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30018204 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s18072311 |
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author | Zhang, Jianhui Yan, Qiufeng Huang, Jun Wu, Chuanyu |
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description | In this study, we examined the use of a dynamic micro-tapered hole as a micro-scale tapered flow tube valveless piezoelectric pump. Firstly, we obtained photographs of a micro-tapered hole by using an environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM). Then, we explained the pump effect of the micro-tapered hole, and derived the atomization rate equation. Furthermore, we reported an atomization rate measurement experiment that eliminated the atomization caused by a pressure increase, and demonstrated that a change in the volume of a micro-tapered hole could produce atomization. The experimental results indicate that, under the same voltage, the forward atomization rate is much higher than the reverse atomization rate and that the atomization rate increases with the micro-tapered hole volume. The experimental results show that the atomization of the micro-tapered aperture atomizer is caused by its pumping effect. Moreover, the flow resistance and volume of the micro-tapered hole can affect the atomization rate. |
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spelling | pubmed-60689142018-08-07 Experimental Verification of the Pumping Effect Caused by the Micro-Tapered Hole in a Piezoelectric Atomizer Zhang, Jianhui Yan, Qiufeng Huang, Jun Wu, Chuanyu Sensors (Basel) Article In this study, we examined the use of a dynamic micro-tapered hole as a micro-scale tapered flow tube valveless piezoelectric pump. Firstly, we obtained photographs of a micro-tapered hole by using an environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM). Then, we explained the pump effect of the micro-tapered hole, and derived the atomization rate equation. Furthermore, we reported an atomization rate measurement experiment that eliminated the atomization caused by a pressure increase, and demonstrated that a change in the volume of a micro-tapered hole could produce atomization. The experimental results indicate that, under the same voltage, the forward atomization rate is much higher than the reverse atomization rate and that the atomization rate increases with the micro-tapered hole volume. The experimental results show that the atomization of the micro-tapered aperture atomizer is caused by its pumping effect. Moreover, the flow resistance and volume of the micro-tapered hole can affect the atomization rate. MDPI 2018-07-17 /pmc/articles/PMC6068914/ /pubmed/30018204 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s18072311 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Zhang, Jianhui Yan, Qiufeng Huang, Jun Wu, Chuanyu Experimental Verification of the Pumping Effect Caused by the Micro-Tapered Hole in a Piezoelectric Atomizer |
title | Experimental Verification of the Pumping Effect Caused by the Micro-Tapered Hole in a Piezoelectric Atomizer |
title_full | Experimental Verification of the Pumping Effect Caused by the Micro-Tapered Hole in a Piezoelectric Atomizer |
title_fullStr | Experimental Verification of the Pumping Effect Caused by the Micro-Tapered Hole in a Piezoelectric Atomizer |
title_full_unstemmed | Experimental Verification of the Pumping Effect Caused by the Micro-Tapered Hole in a Piezoelectric Atomizer |
title_short | Experimental Verification of the Pumping Effect Caused by the Micro-Tapered Hole in a Piezoelectric Atomizer |
title_sort | experimental verification of the pumping effect caused by the micro-tapered hole in a piezoelectric atomizer |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6068914/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30018204 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s18072311 |
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