2010 Capstone Project Portland State University Intel Corporation
Team Members: Tim Brodovsky Joe Eccleston Joe Frankovich Paul Marshall
o Why make an ultra-slim air moving device? o Why not make a traditional fan? o What does Intel want?
o The device is no thicker than 3 mm o The device moves ACFM of air o The device has a maximum pressure of IWG
Passive Active Ionic Tesla valve Flapper valves Check valves Piezoelectric
Passive Tesla valve
o Modified Tesla valve design with a flat solenoid-magnet actuator o Valve works on the principle of diodicity (the ratio of the backward pressure drop to the forward pressure drop) o Valve compels fluid flow in one direction
An example of a Tesla valve: FLOW Image from on/2/p.5atmvel.gif
51 mm 45 mm
Does it work?