A closed-loop piezoelectric pump is disclosed for use in a fluid delivery system.
The pump housing includes a movable diaphragm that defines a pumping chamber within
the pump housing, the pumping chamber having an inlet for admitting fluid and an
outlet for emitting fluid. A piezoelectric transducer is coupled to the moveable
diaphragm and operates to produce a pumping action by varying the volume of the
pumping chamber. The piezoelectric transducer may be used to generate an acoustic
pressure pulse within the fluid delivery system and to sense reflections of the
acoustic pressure pulse caused by impedance changes downstream of the pump. Properties
of the fluid path downstream of pump may be determined from the characteristics
of the sensed reflections.