{"title":"Development of EHD ion-drag micropump for microscale electronics cooling","authors":"C. Lee, A. Robinson, C. Ching","doi":"10.1109/THERMINIC.2007.4451745","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In this investigation, the numerical simulation of electrohydrodynamic (EHD) ion-drag micropumps with micropillar electrode geometries have been performed. The effect of micropillar height and electrode spacing on the performance of the micropumps was investigated. The performance of the EHD micropump improved with increased applied voltage and decreased electrode spacing. The optimum micropillar height for the micropump with electrode spacing of 40 mum and channel height of 100 mum at 200 V was 40 mum, where a maximum mass flow rate of 0.18g/min was predicted. Compared to that of planar electrodes, the 3D micropillar electrode geometry enhanced the overall performance of the EHD micropumps.","PeriodicalId":264943,"journal":{"name":"2007 13th International Workshop on Thermal Investigation of ICs and Systems (THERMINIC)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2007-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"16","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2007 13th International Workshop on Thermal Investigation of ICs and Systems (THERMINIC)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/THERMINIC.2007.4451745","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In this investigation, the numerical simulation of electrohydrodynamic (EHD) ion-drag micropumps with micropillar electrode geometries have been performed. The effect of micropillar height and electrode spacing on the performance of the micropumps was investigated. The performance of the EHD micropump improved with increased applied voltage and decreased electrode spacing. The optimum micropillar height for the micropump with electrode spacing of 40 mum and channel height of 100 mum at 200 V was 40 mum, where a maximum mass flow rate of 0.18g/min was predicted. Compared to that of planar electrodes, the 3D micropillar electrode geometry enhanced the overall performance of the EHD micropumps.