Abstract
This paper presents the results of research related to the selection of materials for passive and active components of a three-layer piezoelectric cantilever converter. The transducer is intended for use in a low-pressure gas-phase injector executive system. To ensure the functionality of the injector, its flow characteristics and the effective range of valve opening had to be determined. Therefore, a spatial model of the complete injector was developed, and the necessary flow analyses were performed using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in Ansys Fluent environment. The opening and closing of the injector valve are controlled by a piezoelectric transducer. Thus, its static electromechanical characteristics were found in analytical form. On this basis, the energy demand of the converter, required to obtain the desired valve opening, was determined. Assuming a constant transducer geometry, 40 variants of material combinations were considered. In the performed analyses, it was assumed that the passive elements of the actuator are made of typical materials used in micro-electromechanical systems (MEMSs) (copper, nickel, silicon alloys and aluminum alloys). As for the active components of the converter, it was assumed that they could be made of polymeric or ceramic piezoelectric materials. On the basis of the performed tests, it was found that the energy demand is most influenced by the relative stiffness of the transducer materials (Young’s modulus ratio) and the piezoelectric constant of the active component (d31). Moreover, it was found that among the tested material combinations, the transducer made of silicon oxide and PTZ5H (soft piezoelectric ceramics) had the lowest energy consumption.
Funder
Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Poland
Subject
General Materials Science
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