Numerical analysis of high frequency pulsating flows through a diffuser-nozzle element in valveless acoustic micropumps

The concept of a valveless acoustic micropump was investigated. Two-dimensional, time-varying, axisymmetric, incompressible viscous flows through a planar diffuser-nozzle element were analyzed for applications in valveless acoustic micropumps. The diffuser divergence half-angles (θ), and the maximum pressure amplitudes (P) were independently varied. The inflow was periodic and the excitation frequency (f) was varied over the range 10 kHz ≤  f ≤  30 kHz. The net time-averaged volume flux and the rectification capability of the diffuser were found as functions of θ, f, and P. The phase difference between pressure and velocity waveforms, the life time and the size of large scale flow recirculation regions inside the microdiffuser, and energy losses were found to be strongly frequency dependent.

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