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Title: Magnetohydrodynamic fluidic system

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1174990

A magnetohydrodynamic fluidic system includes a reagent source containing a reagent fluid and a sample source containing a sample fluid that includes a constituent. A reactor is operatively connected to the supply reagent source and the sample source. MHD pumps utilize a magnetohydrodynamic drive to move the reagent fluid and the sample fluid in a flow such that the reagent fluid and the sample fluid form an interface causing the constituent to be separated from the sample fluid.

Research Organization:
Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
Assignee:
University Of California, The Regents Of
Patent Number(s):
6,780,320
Application Number:
10/177,332
OSTI ID:
1174990
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (4)

A valveless diffuser/nozzle-based fluid pump journal November 1993
Optimization of a circular piezoelectric bimorph for a micropump driver journal August 2000
An AC magnetohydrodynamic micropump journal May 2000
A thermal-bubble-actuated micronozzle-diffuser pump journal December 2002

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