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THERMO-HYDRAULIC MODELING OF PHASE CHANGE MICROPUMP

Recently, non-mechanical micropumps have become more appealing, due to their advantages in many areas su ch as electronics and medicine. In this research, a ph ase change micropump, as a novel type of nonmechanical micropurnp, has been investigated. Dimensionless parameters have been determined using dimensional analysis and a one dim ensional st eady model has been developed to describe th e pumping mechanism and assess the working characte rist ics of th e micropump. The results show that th e th eoreti cal model is in reasonable agr eement with th e experiment al investigations. This analytical approach can be used in th e design and fabrication of more efficient micropumps.