The present disclosure relates to acoustic pumps, and more particularly to acoustic pumps for micropump applications.
Micropumps are being developed and used in the fields of microfluidics research, including BioMEMS and lab-on-a-chip devices. Currently there are two broad types of micropumps: mechanical and electrochemical. However, each of these types of pumps has limitations. For example, mechanical pumps typically have moving parts. These parts result in pumps that may be complex, may be difficult to manufacture, and may be less reliable. Electrochemical pumps typically work on the basis of volume expansion due to chemical reaction. Usually these types of pumps include a membrane that expands to create the pumping action that drives fluid flow. However, electrochemical micropumps may be expensive, may not being tuneable to different speeds, and may result in permeation of reactants and products.
The present disclosure addresses one or more deficiencies in the prior art.
In one exemplary aspect, the present disclosure is directed to a microfluidics acoustic pump system that includes a flow passage configured to carry a fluid from one location to another, a selectively vibrating flow generator having a sharp edge, and a driving device configured to vibrate one of the flow generator and the flow passage to create a streaming fluid flow in a direction away from the sharp edge through the flow passage.
In an aspect, the flow generator comprises two nonparallel surfaces forming an angle, the nonparallel surfaces being symmetrically disposed about an axis aligned with an axis of the flow path. In an aspect, the two nonparallel surfaces converge to form the sharp edge. In an aspect, the sharp edge has an angle of 90 degrees or less. In an aspect, the driving device is configured to vibrate the flow generator at the resonance frequency of the flow generator. In an aspect, the driving device is one of piezoelectric stack and a coil. In an aspect, the flow passage comprises a flow restrictor. In an aspect, the flow restrictor is disposed directly proximate the sharp edge of the flow generator. In an aspect, the flow restrictor is a nozzle. In an aspect, the flow restrictor is a one-way valve. In an aspect, the one-way valve is a reed valve. In an aspect, the flow passage comprises a manifold portion dividing the flow portion into a plurality of paths connected in parallel, the flow generator being a first flow generator disposed along a first path of the plurality of paths connected in parallel, the system comprising a second flow generator disposed along a second path of the plurality of paths connected in parallel. In an aspect, the flow generator is a first flow generator disposed along the fluid path, the system comprising a second flow generator disposed along the fluid path, the first and second flow generators being arranged to cooperate to increase the fluid pressure or to increase the flow velocity of fluid in the flow path.
In another exemplary aspect, the present disclosure is directed to a microfluidics acoustic pump system that includes a flow passage configured to carry a fluid from one location to another, a first flow generator disposed within the flow passage and comprising a sharp edge, a second flow generator disposed within the flow passage and comprising a sharp edge, and a driving device configured to vibrate one of a) the first and second flow generators and b) the flow passage to create a streaming fluid flow in a direction away from the sharp edges of the first and second flow generators through the fluid passage.
In an aspect, the first and second flow generators are arranged in parallel. In an aspect, the first and second flow generators are arranged in series. In an aspect, further comprises a flow restrictor in the flow passage. In an aspect, the flow restrictor comprises one of a reed valve and a nozzle.
In another exemplary aspect, the present disclosure is directed to a method comprising providing a flow generator in a flow passage filled with fluid, the flow generator having a sharp edge defined by two nonparallel surfaces forming an angle, the nonparallel surfaces being symmetrically disposed about an axis aligned with an axis of the flow path. The method also comprises vibrating the flow generator with a driving device to vibrate the sharp edge of the flow generator to create fluid flow through the flow passage.
In an aspect, vibrating the flow generator with a driving device comprises vibrating the flow generator with a piezoelectric stack. In an aspect, the method further comprises inhibiting fluid backflow with a flow restrictor in the fluid passage.
In an exemplary aspect, the present disclosure is directed to a microfluidics chip having a plurality of flow passages configured to carry a fluid from one location to another and having a plurality of selectively vibrating flow generators having a sharp edge. At least one of the plurality of selectively vibrating flow generators may be disposed in each of the plurality of flow passages, and the plurality of selectively vibrating flow generators may have different resonance frequencies. A single driving device selectively induces vibrations at the different resonance frequencies of the plurality of flow generators in a manner that permits selective activation of each of the plurality of flow generators by controlling resonant alternating current to the driving device.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory in nature and are intended to provide an understanding of the present disclosure without limiting the scope of the present disclosure. In that regard, additional aspects, features, and advantages of the present disclosure will be apparent to one skilled in the art from the following detailed description.
The accompanying drawings illustrate embodiments of the devices and methods disclosed herein and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the present disclosure.
For the purposes of promoting an understanding of the principles of the present disclosure, reference will now be made to the exemplary embodiments illustrated in the drawings, and specific language will be used to describe the same. It will nevertheless be understood that no limitation of the scope of the disclosure is intended. Any alterations and further modifications to the described devices, instruments, methods, and any further application of the principles of the present disclosure are fully contemplated as would normally occur to one skilled in the art to which the disclosure relates. In particular, it is fully contemplated that the features, components, and/or steps described with respect to one embodiment may be combined with the features, components, and/or steps described with respect to other embodiments of the present disclosure. For the sake of brevity, however, the numerous iterations of these combinations will not be described separately. For simplicity, in some instances the same reference numbers are used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts.
The present disclosure relates generally to pumps, pump systems, and methods for acoustic streaming of a fluid. More particularly, the disclosure relates to fluidic micropumps that operate by vibrating a sharp edge to generate anomalous streaming. In general, the pumps and systems have few movable parts making them highly reliable, and they may be easily integrated with other micro-fluidic circuits. In addition, the acoustic pumps and systems may be relatively easy to manufacture as they may be used/built in conjunction with MEMS (micro-electromechanical systems). They also may be customizable as they may be tunable to provide a desired flow rate on-the-fly.
In this embodiment, the acoustic streaming arrangement 102 includes a flow passage 110, a flow generator 112, and a vibration-generating driving device 114. In the illustrated example, the flow restrictor 104 is disposed downstream of the flow generator 112. In other implementations, the flow restrictor 104 may be disposed upstream of the flow generator 112. In still other implementations, the flow generator 112 may be disposed within the portion of the flow passage defining the flow restrictor 104.
The flow passage 110 in this embodiment has a profile shown in
The flow generator 112 is configured and arranged to physically displace the fluid in the flow passage 110 in the direction of arrow 105 along the plane 111. Here, the flow generator 112 is disposed directly in the fluid flow. In some instances, the flow generator 112 may be laterally centered within the flow passage 110. Accordingly, the flow generator 112 may be surrounded by fluid in the flow passage 110. In the example illustrated in
The flow generator 112 is shown in greater detail in
Depending on the embodiment and the amount of fluid to be driven by the pump, the flow generator 112 may have a lateral length L in the range of about 50 microns to 5 cm. In other embodiments, the lateral length L is in the range of about 100 microns to 2 cm. While the flow generator 112 may be formed of any material, in some embodiments, the flow generator 112 may be formed of a steel blade with a 20° sharp edge. In some exemplary embodiments, the flow generator 112 includes rounded edges 124, 126 so that only the edge 122 is sharp. In one example, the flow generator 112 may form a tear-drop shape in cross-section.
Returning to
In the exemplary pump 100 shown in
In other embodiments, the flow generator 112 is attached directly to walls 115 defining the flow passage 110. The driving device 114 may be configured to vibrate the flow passage 110 at the resonance frequency of the flow generator 112. This may induce significant vibrations on the flow generator 112 while inducing only minimal vibration on the flow passage 110.
The anomalous streaming occurs at the sharp edge 122 of the wedge-shaped flow generator 112. The flow generator 112 vibrates in a direction indicated by arrow 118 (shown in
The spatial extent of this current depends on at least two factors, including the frequency of flow generator vibrations and viscosity of a fluid. For ultrasonic frequencies in water, the current around the flow generator 112 is localized to an area of several microns. The forces that produce such currents are very strong and can easily overcome the surface tension of water and other fluids, which allows the use of this phenomenon to pump fluids like water. Thus, the acoustic streaming from the sharp edge 122 is typically highly localized at the sharp edge 122 with the dimensions that are much smaller than the acoustic wavelength. Because of the sharp edge 122 and the tapering sides 120 of the flow generator 112, the streaming is well localized at the sharp edge 122 and thus does not depend on the overall geometry of the body of the flow generator 112 or the fluid around the body of the flow generator 112.
To induce the streaming, the flow generator 112 may be vibrated at its resonance frequency. In some embodiments, the flow generator 112 may be vibrated at its resonance frequency within a range of about 100 Hz to 10 MHz, for example. In one example, the flow generator 112 is a steel blade, with its sharp edge 122 formed at a 20° angle. In that example, the vibration-generating driving device 114 is operable to vibrate the flow generator 112 at its resonance frequency, which happened to be 461 Hz in water. For explanatory purposes, the acoustic motion introduces a boundary layer along the walls 120 of the flow generator 112. The boundary layer is a low pressure acoustic force area, and it creates a path for fluid to enter. The fluid enters the acoustic force area along the sides 120 of the flow generator 112 and is ejected at the sharp edge 122 driven by the centrifugal force. This results in the streaming pattern from the sharp edge 122.
In some embodiments, the flow rates may be tunable on the fly by modifying the power levels at the driving device 114. For example, increasing or decreasing the power may result in increased or decreased vibrational rate of the flow generator 112, thereby increasing or decreasing the resulting streaming fluid flow. As such, the flow rate and the pressure level may be controlled to desired levels. By tuning the flow to particular levels, the system may have utility in purging operations in small biological volumes.
Returning to
The reed valve flow restrictor 204 includes a reed 212 and a hard stop 214. The reed valve flow restrictor 204 may be used in the pump 200 to permit fluid flow to be delivered at a rated pressure. That is, the cracking pressure and the rate of opening are defined by the stress-strain curve of the material of the reed 212, along with the net pressure difference across the reed 212. Here, the natural frequency of the reed 212 is much lower than the frequency of vibration and hence should not have any resonance problems. An advantage of this embodiment is that an applied pulse of the ultrasound may be tuned to pump the fluid from sharp edge 122 and to crack open the reed valve flow restrictor 204. The geometry of this device including the reed valve flow restrictor 204 and frequency of the flow generator 112 can be optimized for a desired pumping rate and pressure.
In one aspect, the reed valve may serve two functions. First, it operates as a check valve to prevent backward flow. Second, unlike conventional check valves such as a ball valve, the reed valve may be designed to provide stabilizing flow control even during high pressure drop conditions. This is different than conventional spring and ball check valves which have an open condition during higher pressures that permits flow and a closed position at lower pressures that restricts flow. In contrast, the reed valves disclosed herein may stabilize flow by maintaining flow at a satisfactory rate while still permitting a desired fluid flow at low pressure conditions.
In the embodiment shown, the reed valve flow restrictor 204 opens and closes due to the changing pressure across the surface of the reed 212. The hard stop 214 controls the maximum flow through the pump 200. Sophisticated reeds can be created for different gains at different open positions so as to avoid resonance problems. The range of cracking pressure of the reed valve can be anywhere between 3 mmHg to 100 mmHg, for example, although other cracking pressures are contemplated.
In
The reed 212 may be formed of a flexible material and is configured to deflect, where the amount of deflection is dependent on the pressure of the fluid. The reed 212 deflects based on differentials between upstream pressure and downstream pressure behind the reed valve. Based on the stiffness, material, and dimensions of the reed 212, the reed valve flow restrictor 204 may have a cracking pressure set at a desired pressure, such as about 3 mmHg. Therefore, when the upstream pressure is greater than the downstream by more than the cracking pressure, the reed valve flow restrictor 204 will begin to open to relieve pressure. In one example, the reed valve is configured and disposed to have a cracking pressure between about 0.25 mmHg and 8 mmHg.
In one example, the reed 212 is formed of a flexible polymer material. It may be formed of any suitable material, including, for example without limitation, materials such as a silicone, silicon nitride, silicone elastomeric, polyimide, parylene, and others. In addition, the stiffness, material, and dimensions of the reed 212 can be selected to provide a desired gain in response to pressure. Accordingly, the reed 212 may be selected or designed to deflect a particular amount to permit a particular fluid flow based on the pressure amounts.
The hard stop 214 is disposed downstream of the reed 212 and like the reed, extends from one side of the flow passage 210. The hard stop 214 in this example is a rigid element disposed to limit the range of deflection of the reed 212. In this example it includes a transverse segment 220 extending from a wall of the flow passage 210 and includes an angled segment 224 extending from a distal end of the transverse segment 220. In this embodiment, the transverse segment 220 extends in a direction substantially perpendicular from the wall of the flow passage 210. The transverse segment 220 includes a transverse segment length and the angled segment 224 includes an angled segment length. The respective lengths of these segments are selected to provide a desired rigidity and a balanced stability during flow conditions. The hard stop 214 is disposed adjacent the reed 212 and is configured to mechanically interfere with the reed deflection to limit the total gain or size of the flow passageway through the reed valve flow restrictor 204. In this example, the hard stop 214 extends more than half the distance across the flow passage 210.
In one example, the hard stop 214 is disposed to limit the reed deflection to an amount that will limit the flow rate through the valve to prevent overly fast pressure drops in high pressure scenarios. For example, the reed valve flow restrictor 204 may be configured with a deflection resistance that is more controllable than a conventional check valve to prevent excessive gain and thereby stabilize flow during high and low pressure differentials. In one embodiment, the hard stop 214 is located in a manner to affect or limit the deflection of the reed to a particular pressure in the range of 8 mmHg to 15 mmHg. In another embodiment, the hard stop 214 is located in a manner to affect or limit the deflection of the reed when pressures exceed 8 mmHg, 10 mmHg, 12 mmHg, 14 mmHg, or 15 mmHg.
The acoustic pump 200 with the reed valve flow restrictor 204 may provide stabilizing back pressure that reduces excessive pressure drops while still performing properly during low pressure situations. In one example, the reed valve is configured to provide a back pressure to the acoustic pump that is maintained at a desired level even during pressure variations. This may be designed not only in closed valve situations, such as by the cracking pressure, but also during open conditions, when fluid is flowing.
In this embodiment, the acoustic pump system 300 is formed of a housing 302 containing a flow passage 304 therethrough. The flow passage 304 includes an inlet 306 to the housing 302 and outlet 308 from the housing 302.
In the embodiment shown, the acoustic pump system 300 includes a plurality of a plurality of smaller acoustic pumps 312. Much of the description of the other acoustic pumps described herein applies to the acoustic pumps 312, and therefore, for the sake of brevity, not every aspect of the acoustic pumps 312 will be repeated. Each pump 312 includes an acoustic streaming arrangement 316 and a flow restrictor 318.
In this embodiment, the flow restrictor 318 is formed as a narrowing exit from an acoustic chamber 320 containing a part of the acoustic streaming arrangement 316. The acoustic chamber 320 of each of the acoustic pumps 312 is an enlarged portion within the flow passage 304. In other embodiments, the flow restrictor 318 is a one-way valve, a reed valve, a nozzle, or other flow restrictor. The acoustic streaming arrangement 316 of each acoustic pump includes a flow generator 112 as described above disposed in each of the acoustic chambers 320 in the flow passage 304. The flow generator 112 may be disposed so that its sharp edge 122 is disposed in close proximity to the flow restrictor 318 so that fluid driven by the edge 122 enters the flow restrictor 318.
As can be seen in
As indicated above, the exemplary pump system 300 also includes pumps aligned in series. In series alignment increases the overall pump pressure of the pump system 300 for a given flow rate. For example, in
In this embodiment, the pump system 300 also includes a vibration inducing driving device 324 attached to the housing 302. The driving device 324 is disposed as described above and may be arranged to vibrate more than one flow generator 112. Therefore, it may be mechanically attached to a plurality of flow generators 112 or it may inductively couple or otherwise couple to a plurality of flow generators 112. In some embodiments, the single driving device 324 may simultaneously drive all the flow generators 112. In some embodiments, the vibration-inducing driving device may vibrate the housing 302 instead of vibrating the flow generators 112 in a manner that the relative movement drives fluid through the flow passage 304. In some embodiments the vibration-inducing driving device 324 may vibrate the housing 302 at a driving frequency that is in resonance to vibrations of flow generators 112 relative to the housing 302. Under these conditions, the driving force will result in a weak vibration of the housing 302 and a strong vibration of the flow generators 112. In other implementations, the pump system 300 may include a plurality of driving devices 324.
The acoustic pumps and systems disclosed herein may find particular utility in fluidic micropumps, diagnostics and drug design, purging operations in small biological volumes, implants; medical instruments and tools, drug delivery, ink-jet printing devices, fuel cells, DNA chips, among others. In addition, they may be reliable, easily integrated with other micro-fluidic circuits, and relatively easy to manufacture. They also may be customizable as the micropumps may be tunable to wide range conditions on-the-fly.
In some aspects, a single microfluidic assembly or chip includes multiple acoustic pumps. In some of these embodiments, the multiple pumps may be configured such that the resonant frequency of each flow generator is different. In such embodiments, a single driving device, such as piezoelectric stack, can be used to drive all of the pumps. The frequency of an electrical signal to the driving device will determine the frequency of vibration from the driving device, which in turn determines which of the multiple pumps is activated based on the resonance condition of a particular pump. Accordingly, the driving device provides selective vibration of each flow generator by using resonant alternating current. As a result, the acoustic pumps may be controlled to selectively pump fluid through their respective channel at desired times by controlling the driving device.
Persons of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the embodiments encompassed by the present disclosure are not limited to the particular exemplary embodiments described above. In that regard, although illustrative embodiments have been shown and described, a wide range of modification, change, and substitution is contemplated in the foregoing disclosure. It is understood that such variations may be made to the foregoing without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. Accordingly, it is appropriate that the appended claims be construed broadly and in a manner consistent with the present disclosure.
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/792,095 filed Mar. 15, 2013, the contents of both being incorporated herein by reference.
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