Gas/Liquid Phase Change    Actuator    for Use in Extreme Temperature Environments

Hiroki Matsuoka; Koichi Suzumori

doi:10.20965/ijat.2014.p0140

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IJAT Vol.8 No.2 pp. 140-146

doi: 10.20965/ijat.2014.p0140

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Gas/Liquid Phase Change Actuator for Use in Extreme Temperature Environments

Hiroki Matsuoka and Koichi Suzumori

Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan

Received:

October 1, 2013

Accepted:

February 17, 2014

Published:

March 5, 2014

Keywords:

actuator, phase change, water, cylinder

Abstract

Manipulating materials exposed to extreme temperature environments presents numerous significant challenges. For example, steel industries require new methods for the direct handling of materials at temperatures greater than 1000°C, and material scientists require new methods for handling specimens at the helium temperature, where high-quality analysis must be performed with very low levels of thermal noise. However, conventional actuators do not work in such environments because of their low thermostability and, more importantly, the loss of the magnetic and piezoelectric properties of the actuator materials. For example, it is well known that magnetism and piezoelectricity completely disappear at temperatures exceeding the Curie point. This paper proposes a new working principle for actuators based on the gas/liquid phase change of working fluids. We show possibilities for the actuator design, including selections for temperature-resistant materials and working fluids at various temperatures. In addition, we discuss the design of the first prototype actuator, which worked successfully at 180°C by utilizing the gas/liquid phase change of water. The basic experimental results show significant potential for the actuator.

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H. Matsuoka and K. Suzumori, “Gas/Liquid Phase Change Actuator for Use in Extreme Temperature Environments,” Int. J. Automation Technol., Vol.8 No.2, pp. 140-146, 2014.

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[4] [4] H. Hosoda, “Martensitic transformation of TiAu high temperature shape memory alloys,” Proc. Act., pp. 896-897, 2006.

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[10] [10] M. Ono, T. Izumi, and S. Kato, “Proposal of a gas-liquid phasechange microactuator and its applications,” Proc. of the ASPE 2005 Annual Meeting, pp. 138-141, 2005.

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[12] [12] AWC. Menzies, “The critical temperature of mercury,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., Vol.35, 1065, 1913.

[13] [13] HW. Ticks, “Evaluation of vapor-pressure data of mercury, lithium, sodium, and potassium,” J. Chem. Phys., Vol.38, No.8, pp. 1873-1880, 1963.

[14] [14] DR. Stull, “Inorganic compounds,” Ind. Eng. Chem., Vol.39, pp. 540-550, 1947.

[15] [15] P. Merardo and GT. Edejer, “Vapor pressures of liquid nitrogen between the triple and critical points,” J. Chem. Eng. Data., Vol.12, No.2, pp. 206-209, 1967.

[16] [16] AS. Friedman and D. White, “The vapor pressure of liquid nitrogen,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., Vol.72, No.9, pp. 3931-3932, 1950.

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[22] [22] H. Matsuoka and K. Suzumori, “Working fluid phase transition actuator for high temperature environment–2^nd report: static property of actuator,” Proc. of the 2012 JSME Conf. on Robotics and Mechatronics. 2012, 2P1-F02. (in Japanese)