Microscale combustion and power generation /
Recent advances in microfabrication technologies have enabled the development of entirely new classes of small-scale devices with applications in fields ranging from biomedicine (portable defibrillators, drug delivery systems, etc.), to wireless communication and computing (cell phones, laptop compu...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
---|---|
Autores principales: | , , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
New York, [New York] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) :
Momentum Press,
2015.
|
Colección: | Engineering collection.
|
Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Meso- and microscale combustion and flammability limits
- 1.1 Premixed flames in meso- and microscale combustion
- 1.2 Flammability limit and quenching diameter
- 1.3 Heat recirculation
- 1.4 Flame and wall structure coupling in microscale combustion
- 1.5 Weak flame regimes with temperature gradients
- 1.6 Coupling of thermal and kinetic quenching in microscale combustion
- 1.7 Non-equilibrium combustion
- References
- 2. Boundary-accelerated flames in microchannels
- 2.1 Physical and numerical models
- 2.2 The boundary-layer accelerated flame
- 2.3 Effects of varying channel dimensions
- 2.4 Outflow acceleration and propulsion characteristics
- 2.5 Effects of wall temperature
- 2.6 Laminar-flame transition to detonation in long channels
- 2.7 Discussion
- References
- 3. Flame instability in microscale combustion
- 3.1 Repetitive extinction and re-ignition instability
- 3.2 Spinning instability
- 3.3 Spiral flames and pattern formations
- References
- 4. Microscale combustion modeling
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Microreactor thermal management
- 4.3 Heterogeneous and homogeneous chemistry modeling
- 4.4 Models used in microreactor research
- 4.5 Zero-dimensional models
- 4.6 One-dimensional channel-flow models
- 4.7 Multidimensional microreactor models
- 4.8 Applications of multidimensional models
- 4.9 Turbulent microreactor combustion
- 4.10 Non-continuum flows in microreactors
- 4.11 Conclusion and future work
- References
- 5. Non-premixed micro combustion
- 5.1 Microjet diffusion flames
- 5.2 Basic microflame structure
- 5.3 Methodology
- 5.4 Characteristics of microjet methane diffusion flames
- 5.5 Flame structure and stabilization mechanism
- 5.6 Conclusion and future work
- References
- 6. Diffusion flame instability and cell formation in meso- and microscale combustion
- 6.1 Cell flame formation in a microscale diffusion flame reactor
- 6.2 Flame streets and unsteady flame propagation in mesoscale diffusion flames
- 6.3 Conclusion and future work
- References
- 7. Micro-combustion in non-catalytic narrow ducts
- 7.1 Overview of the state of the art
- 7.2 Structure of the tubular micro-reactive flow
- 7.3 Thermoacoustics
- 7.4 Outer wall temperature
- 7.5 Conclusion and future work
- References
- 8. Fundamentals of microscale catalytic combustion
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Methodology
- 8.3 Characteristics of microscale catalytic combustion
- 8.4 Enhancement of microscale combustion by catalyst segmentation
- 8.5 Conclusion and future work
- References
- 9. Miniature liquid fuel combustion
- 9.1 Overview
- 9.2 Brief review of mesoscale liquid fuel combustors
- 9.3 Liquid film combustor fundamentals
- 9.4 Combustor design evaluation
- 9.5 Liquid film combustion-driven TPV power system
- 9.6 Conclusion and future work
- References
- 10. Heat-recirculating combustors
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Simplified analysis
- 10.3 Scaling
- 10.4 Practical perspectives
- 10.5 Conclusion and future work
- References
- 11. Catalytic reactors: power generation and fuel processing
- 11.1 Introduction to catalytic combustion
- 11.2 Catalytic microreactors
- 11.3 Basic theory of catalytic combustion
- 11.4 Operation of microreactors for power generation
- References
- 12. Microreactor with a temperature gradient
- 12.1 Weak flame in a temperature gradient
- 12.2 Multistage oxidation study using weak flame in a temperature gradient
- References
- 13. Chemical micropropulsion
- 13.1 Micropropulsion and scaling
- 13.2 Materials, fabrication, and system integration
- 13.3 Solid propellant thrusters
- 13.4 Liquid propellant thrusters
- 13.5 Gaseous propellant thrusters
- 13.6 Conclusion and future work
- References
- 14. Micro-rotary engine power system
- 14.1 Introduction
- 14.2 Meso-scale "mini-rotary" engine
- 14.3 MEMS-scale "micro-rotary" engine
- 14.4 Conclusion and future work
- References
- 15. Small-scale reciprocating engines
- 15.1 Survey of miniature research engines
- 15.2 Miniature commercial engines
- 15.3 Quantifying engine performance
- 15.4 Performance measurements
- 15.5 Fuels
- 15.6 Sample performance data from three miniature engines
- 15.7 Scaling of engine performance
- 15.8 Small two-stroke piston engine combustion
- 15.9 Conclusion and future work
- References
- 16. Combustors for microgas turbine engines
- 16.1 Introduction
- 16.2 Microgas turbine engines
- 16.3 Basic combustion concepts
- 16.4 Challenges of microgas turbine combustors
- 16.5 Homogeneous gas-phase microcombustors
- 16.6 Heterogeneous (catalytic) microcombustors
- 16.7 Conclusion and future work
- References
- Index.