High-speed air microjet arrays produced using acoustic streaming for micro propulsion

Reaction rate and thermal effects of hydrogen peroxide decomposition in microfluidic chips containing channel-type silver catalysts

“…1 The needed microthrusters require low power, relative thrust levels between μN and mN, 2 and fast response. There are many types of microthrusters, including cold gas microthrusters, 3,4 field effect ion microthrusters, 5 colloidal microthrusters, 6 Hall microthrusters, 7 pulsed plasma microthrusters, 8 liquid microthrusters 9 and solid propellant microthrusters. 10 Among the many types of micro-thrusters, the single-component liquid propellant micro-thrust is a good choice for the effective operation of micro-nano satellites.…”

Tomographic imaging of nonsymmetric multicomponent tailored supersonic flows from structured gas nozzles

“…Gas jets are widely used in many areas of modern science and industry, ranging from aircraft propulsion systems [1] to microjet arrays [2], and span a range of sizes. They are employed in conventional radio-frequency accelerators for nuclear spectroscopy measurements, in pulsed x-ray machines to create hot plasma pinch, and in the investigation of inertial confinement fusion [3].…”

Air microjet system for non-contact force application and the actuation of micro-structures

“…Pulsed jets [11,12] and synthetic jets of air that have been developed by several researchers for applications such as flow control [13][14][15][16][17] and heat transfer [18][19][20][21] could also be used for force application. The pulsed air jets have been shown to produce flow velocities of 150 m s −1 [11] and 200 m s −1 to 300 m s −1 [12] with pressurized air.…”

“…The air jet is ejected from the orifice when the cavity wall opposite the orifice is made to oscillate to create a cavity resonance. A range of jet velocities from about 7 m s −1 [14,16] to 50 m s −1 [17,21] is attainable using synthetic jets.…”