TY - JOUR
T1 - Normally closed electrostatic microvalve with pressure balance mechanism for portable fuel cell application. Part I
T2 - Design and simulation
AU - Yoshida, Kazushi
AU - Tanaka, Shuji
AU - Hagihara, Yosuke
AU - Tomonari, Shigeaki
AU - Esashi, Masayoshi
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) of Japan.
PY - 2010/2
Y1 - 2010/2
N2 - This paper describes the design and simulation of an electrostatic microvalve which controls fuel in a portable direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) system. The microvalve adopted a novel pressure balance mechanism to achieve normally closed operation against pressurized fuel. We established a theoretical model and method to simulate the performance of the microvalve, and designed the microvalve which controls methanol with a supply pressure of 30 kPa at a driving voltage of 36 V. This specification matches a 5 W class DMFC under development. Crown
AB - This paper describes the design and simulation of an electrostatic microvalve which controls fuel in a portable direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) system. The microvalve adopted a novel pressure balance mechanism to achieve normally closed operation against pressurized fuel. We established a theoretical model and method to simulate the performance of the microvalve, and designed the microvalve which controls methanol with a supply pressure of 30 kPa at a driving voltage of 36 V. This specification matches a 5 W class DMFC under development. Crown
KW - Electrostatic actuator
KW - Fuel cell
KW - Microvalve
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U2 - 10.1016/j.sna.2009.11.029
DO - 10.1016/j.sna.2009.11.029
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:75149112703
SN - 0924-4247
VL - 157
SP - 299
EP - 306
JO - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical
JF - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical
IS - 2
ER -