A new micro pump for rapid and accurate microscale droplet manipulation using thermo-viscous actuation

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1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran

2 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran - Aerospace and Energy Conversion Research Center, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran

Abstract

Current study proposes a novel mechanism for micro scale droplet generation. To this end, a new micro pump consisting of an expansion chamber with two nozzles at its left and right sides, is introduced which is capable of creating a unidirectional flow. In the current study, for the first time, thermo-Viscose expansion method is used to actuate the flow by assuming that the fluid is heated by using a laser beam source leading to expansion and movement of the fluid. Two-phase flow analysis using the VOF method showed that the proposed micro pump can consistently generate droplets with uniform and micro-scale dimensions.

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Scientia Iranica
Volume 29, Issue 5
Transactions on Mechanical Engineering (B)
September and October 2022
Pages 2279-2289

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  • Receive Date: 08 February 2021
  • Revise Date: 24 September 2021
  • Accept Date: 25 April 2022

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