Title
Measurement of burst pressure of capillary burst valve
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Date of Original Version
12-1-2010
Abstract
Capillary burst valve (CBV), a counterpart to an elastomeric diaphragm microvalve, handles fluid in microchannels by capillarity. Thus, it avoids integration of mechanical components. We experimentally estimated the burst pressure, beyond which CBV cannot hold fluid, using fluids with distinct surface tensions in CBVs grafted with distinct surface constitutions in microchannels. We found that both the fluid surface tension and the solid surface constitution influence the burst pressure. The burst pressure reduces more significantly under the influence of the fluid surface tension. Copyright © 2010 by ASME.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
ASME 2010 8th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels Collocated with 3rd Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting, ICNMM2010
Issue
PARTS A AND B
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Chen, Hong, Toru Yamada, and Mohammad Faghri. "Measurement of burst pressure of capillary burst valve." ASME 2010 8th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels Collocated with 3rd Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting, ICNMM2010 PARTS A AND B (2010): 1167-1172. doi: 10.1115/FEDSM-ICNMM2010-30954.