Analysis of EHD pump with planer electrodes using FEM simulation

Yu Kuwajima; Shingo Maeda; Hiroki Shigemune

doi:10.1109/MHS.2017.8305176

Analysis of EHD pump with planer electrodes using FEM simulation

Yu Kuwajima^*, Shingo Maeda, Hiroki Shigemune

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Abstract

As an aim to suppress the size of soft robotic system, we focused on to employ ElectroHydroDynamics (EHD), which occurs flow of fluid by applying voltage. EHD is a phenomenon induced by an interaction between fluid and electric field. In this paper, we fabricated EHD pumps with a 3D printer (Formlabs, Form 2) and a desktop cutting machine (SilhouetteCAMEO2). We employed double parallel electrodes composed of four planar electrodes into the flow channel. Different wiring patterns can be adopted with four planer electrodes. We measured the performance of the pumps on each wiring patterns. We compared results between the pressure generated with EHD pumps and electric field simulated using Finite Element Method (FEM) software (COMSOL). We analyzed distribution of electric field and voltage. From our results, we found that pressure increases as electric field increases in the system. In future work, we would use the simulation software to estimate the pressure generated by the EHD pumps and to optimize layout of electrodes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	MHS 2017 - 28th 2017 International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1-3
Number of pages	3
Volume	2018-January
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538633144
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MHS.2017.8305176
Publication status	Published - 2018 Feb 28
Event	28th International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science, MHS 2017 - Nagoya, Japan Duration: 2017 Dec 3 → 2017 Dec 6

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Other	28th International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science, MHS 2017
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Nagoya
Period	17/12/3 → 17/12/6

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Biotechnology
Biomedical Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Mechanical Engineering

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Analysis of EHD pump with planer electrodes using FEM simulation. / Kuwajima, Yu; Maeda, Shingo; Shigemune, Hiroki.

MHS 2017 - 28th 2017 International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science. Vol. 2018-January Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018. p. 1-3.

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Kuwajima, Y, Maeda, S & Shigemune, H 2018, Analysis of EHD pump with planer electrodes using FEM simulation. in MHS 2017 - 28th 2017 International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science. vol. 2018-January, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 1-3, 28th International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science, MHS 2017, Nagoya, Japan, 17/12/3. https://doi.org/10.1109/MHS.2017.8305176

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