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Design and preliminary characterization of thermally-actuated pumps utilizing Marangoni and Leidenfrost effects

Creator:

Sedler, Stephen Joseph

Abstract:

Design and preliminarily characterization of two thermally-actuated pumps is presented in this thesis. The unique feature of both pumps is the presence of periodic asymmetrical structures on the channel walls. Two heat transfer effects are used with surface asymmetry to generate forces that drive the fluid in a preferential direction...

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Honors College Thesis

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. Finally I would like to thank my committee members, Dr. A. Murty Kanury and Dr. Deborah Pence