This paper is a part of a recent series of studies by the authors to develop universal predictive tools for pressure drop and heat transfer coefficient for mini/micro-channel flows that are capable of tackling fluids with drastically different thermophysical properties and very broad ranges of all geometrical and flow parameters of practical interest. In this study, a new technique is proposed ...

A silicon-based microscale distillation chip was fabricated consisting of a micro-channel 600 μm in width and 40 cm in length. Micropillars were incorporated in the micro-channel to direct liquid flow from the cooled to the heated end by capillarity. A feed of a 19 mol% acetone-water mixture was separated to 95+ mol% acetone in the distillate and 11 mol% in the bottom stream. This distillation ...

To provide high date rate for indoor services and communication, femtocells and microcells are planned in LTEAdvance system but main problem is how to reduce the interference between micro and femto cells and in the middle of the femtocells. In this paper we proposed regional Average channel state (RACS) to estimate the influence of interference and then we proposed hybrid clustering based on i...

Critical heat flux (CHF) was measured for a water-cooled micro-channel heat sink containing 21 parallel 215· 821 lm channels. Tests were performed with deionized water over a mass velocity range of 86–368 kg/ms, inlet temperatures of 30 and 60 C, at an outlet pressure of 1.13 bar. As CHF was approached, flow instabilities induced vapor backflow into the heat sink’s upstream plenum, which signif...

Fluid transport is accomplished in a micro throttle pump (MTP) by alternating deformation of a micro channel cast into a PDMS elastomeric substrate. The active deformation is achieved using a bimorph PZT piezoelectric disk actuator bonded to a glass diaphragm. The bimorph PZT deflects the diaphragm as well as alternately pushing and pulling the elastomer layer providing displacement amplificati...

Cell-cell interactions are considered as key factors in tissue and organ formation in vivo. Recently, some researchers locally stimulated cells using microfluidic devices and studied cell-cell interactions [1]. One of the most significant challenges in generating local stimulation is the precise confinement of the stimulants in microfluidic channels due to diffusion and flows. Our group has sho...

We have designed a micromachined micro Coriolis flow sensor for the measurement of hydrazine (N2H4, High Purity Grade) propellant flow in micro chemical propulsion systems [1]. The sensor measures mass flow up to 6 mg/s for a single thruster or up to 24 mg/s for four thrusters. The sensor will first be used for measurement and characterization of the micro thruster system in a simulated space v...

We report for the first time on pore-suspending lipid bilayers, which we call micro-black lipid membranes (micro-BLMs), based on a highly ordered macroporous silicon array. Micro-BLMs were established by first functionalizing the backside porous silicon surface with gold and then chemisorbing 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphothioethanol followed by spreading 1,2-diphytanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phos...