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Phase change actuators are heated to drive them, therefore the properties of the working fluid and the springs that generate the reactive force against the vapour pressure determine how they behave. An actuator is a device that transforms energy and signals into the system to produce motion.
It can generate either rotational or linear motion. As their name suggests, electric linear actuators create linear motion. Since they can slide past one another, liquids can change shape and combine with other liquids or even materials that are in different phases.
This characteristic is significant because it enables liquids to combine to produce solutions. A large number of chemical reactions take place in these consistent mixes of two or more components.
The Global Phase change actuator market accounted for $XX Billion in 2022 and is anticipated to reach $XX Billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of XX% from 2023 to 2030.
Large volume variations in working fluids are caused by changes in the gas/liquid phase. Actuators like micropumps and valves utilise these volume changes as their driving power sources.
Ordinary temperature conditions are where the majority of these actuators are used. The parameters of the working fluid, however, determine the temperature range in which the phase change actuator can function.
Particularly in liquid/gas phase shifts, phase changes in materials caused by temperature variations result in enormous volume changes.
This characteristic is used to supply a power source for micro-pumps and valves along with heaters, micro-channels, diaphragms, and membranes in MEMS (micro-electromechanical system) devices. This phenomena was utilised by Kato et al. as a power source for actuators and robots.
The actuators mentioned above were created to be used in typical situations. The use of these phase change actuators in unique situations is their goal, in contrast.
The specific settings being taken into consideration, in particular, include driving actuators in high temperature environments The gas/liquid phase change of their suggested actuator’s working fluid serves as its power source. When the working fluid is heated, its vapour pressure rises and the chamber is pushed out.
