SHI Liu-jia,DONG Jing-xin,TAN Ying-jun etc. Optimization of structure parameters of channel-type electromagnetic microvalves[J]. Editorial Office of Optics and Precision Engineering, 2014,22(2): 406-413
SHI Liu-jia,DONG Jing-xin,TAN Ying-jun etc. Optimization of structure parameters of channel-type electromagnetic microvalves[J]. Editorial Office of Optics and Precision Engineering, 2014,22(2): 406-413 DOI: 10.3788/OPE.20142202.0406.
Optimization of structure parameters of channel-type electromagnetic microvalves
The structure parameters of a channel-type electromagnetic normally-closed microvalve were optimized to improve its performance. Firstly
the structure parameters were analyzed theoretically based on an approximate structure model. The impacts of main structure parameters on the leakage rate
such as the width and height of a microchannel
the thicknesses of bottom and top films
and the pressure generated by a electromagnetic mechanism were analyzed based on the Finite Element Simulation(FES)
and then a empirical formula was established. On the orthogonal experiment method
the influences of the structure parameters on the leakage rate and the open rate were also researched. Finally
the structure parameters of the microvalve were optimized according to the theoretical analysis
FES and the experiment results. The experimental results show that the width and height of the microchannel have the effect on the leakage rate greatly
and the channel height effects on the open rate most.Furthermore
the optimal structure parameters of the microvalve are the width and height to be 1 mm and 0.1 mm
the bottom and top film thicknesses both to be 0.2 mm
and the pressure to be 3×10
4
Pa
respectively. On the parameters mentioned above
the microvalve has no detectable leakage flow when the backpressure is up to 10 kPa. The microvalve shows its advantages on the low-voltage driving
zero dead volume
simple process and easy to integrate with microfluidic devices.
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