conference paper
Manufacturing and Tests of a Tubular Multilayer Dielectric Elastomer Actuator for an Impedance Pump
2020
2020 23rd International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS)
During the last three decades, the field of electro active polymers (EAP) has seen a rapidly growing interest worldwide. These materials can exhibit many advantages, such as elasticity, high energy density, high dynamics and are often nicknamed artificial muscles. In particular, Dielectric Elastomer Actuator (DEA) are good candidates for soft pump. In this paper, we manufactured and test a tubular actuator further used in a valve-less pump. A mean net flowrate up to 0.11 L.min-1 has been reached using a frequency of 8 Hz, a duty cycle of 0.5 and a voltage of 9.5 kV.
Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Haenni, J.
Almanda M.
Clavica F.
Date Issued
2020
Published in
2020 23rd International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS)
Total of pages
4
Start page
380
End page
383
Subjects
Editorial or Peer reviewed
REVIEWED
Written at
EPFL
Event name | Event place | Event date |
Hamamatsu, Japan | November 24-27, 2020 | |
Available on Infoscience
November 30, 2020
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