Lumped-parameter model for a micropump based on the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) principle

Lei Huang; Wanjun Wang; Michael C. Murphy

doi:10.1117/12.341223

10 March 1999 Lumped-parameter model for a micropump based on the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) principle

Lei Huang, Wanjun Wang, Michael C. Murphy

Proceedings Volume 3680, Design, Test, and Microfabrication of MEMS and MOEMS; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.341223
Event: Design, Test, and Microfabrication of MEMS/MOEMS, 1999, Paris, France

Abstract

This paper reports a lumped-parameter mathematical model for a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) micropump being developed by the authors. The micropump can be used to deliver electrically conductive fluids. The major advantage of a MHD based micropump is that it does not contain any moving parts. It may have potential applications in medicine delivery, biological and biomedical studies. To develop a design guideline for the MHD micropump, it is desired that the dynamic behavior of the flow in a microsystem driven with MHD body force. A bond graph model has been developed for the MHD micropump. A commercial software, 20 SIM, was used as the simulation tools. The simulation results for two different sizes of micropumps with a 1 percent salt-water solution used as a pumping fluid are presented in the paper.

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Lei Huang, Wanjun Wang, and Michael C. Murphy "Lumped-parameter model for a micropump based on the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) principle", Proc. SPIE 3680, Design, Test, and Microfabrication of MEMS and MOEMS, (10 March 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.341223

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