| Budget Amount *help |
¥45,890,000 (Direct Cost: ¥35,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥10,590,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥12,350,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,850,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥20,670,000 (Direct Cost: ¥15,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,770,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥12,870,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,970,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
An electro-conjugate fluid (ECF) is a kind of functional fluid. A strong and active jet flow of ECF can be generated between electrodes surrounded by ECF, when high DC voltage is applied to the electrodes. In order to realize the micro hydraulic pressure source having the highest output power density in the world, we integrated the ECF jet effect as a driving mechanism and MEMS technology as its fabrication. We investigated the characteristics of the ECF micro hydraulic sources. Based on the characteristic evaluation, we applied our ECF micropumps to the cooling electronic chips and various tiny soft actuators. The study proved that ECF micro hydraulic power sources are very effective.
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