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Title: Electroosmotic pump unit and assembly

Abstract

An electroosmotic pump unit includes at least a first pump element, at least a second pump element, and an electrode. Each pump element includes a tube, an electrically grounded fluid inlet, a fluid outlet electrically coupled to the electrode, and a porous monolith immobilized in the tube and having open pores having net surface charges. When the electrode applies a voltage across the monoliths, a fluid supplied to the first pump element flows through the pump elements in a direction from a fluid inlet of the first pump element toward a fluid outlet of the second pump element. A plurality of electroosmotic pump units may be connected in series in a pump assembly. The electroosmotic pump unit, or pump assembly, may be connected to an apparatus such as a HPLC.

Inventors:
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1453804
Patent Number(s):
9982663
Application Number:
14/511,860
Assignee:
The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01D - SEPARATION
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F04 - POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS F04B - POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS
DOE Contract Number:  
SC0006351
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2014 Oct 10
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING

Citation Formats

Liu, Shaorong. Electroosmotic pump unit and assembly. United States: N. p., 2018. Web.
Liu, Shaorong. Electroosmotic pump unit and assembly. United States.
Liu, Shaorong. Tue . "Electroosmotic pump unit and assembly". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1453804.
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