A comprehensive review on combustion stabilization technologies of micro/meso-scale combustors for micro thermophotovoltaic systems: Thermal, emission, and …

L Cai, E Jiaqiang, J Li, J Ding, B Luo - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Owing to its high energy density, the combustion-based micro thermophotovoltaic system
has promising prospects and becomes the most potential substitute for conventional power …

A review of progress in heat recirculating meso-scale combustors

V Shirsat, AK Gupta - Applied Energy, 2011 - Elsevier
Within the past decade there has been a fair amount of interest in utilizing the high energy
densities of hydrocarbon fuels at the small scale. The motivation for this is primarily twofold …

Numerical investigation on combustion characteristics of methane/air in a micro-combustor with a regular triangular pyramid bluff body

Y Yan, H Yan, L Zhang, L Li, J Zhu, Z Zhang - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Combustion characteristics of methane/air in a micro-combustor with a regular triangular
pyramid bluff body were numerically investigated. Results reveal that the blow-off limit of the …

Effect of a homogeneous combustion catalyst on the combustion characteristics and fuel efficiency in a diesel engine

M Zhu, Y Ma, D Zhang - Applied Energy, 2012 - Elsevier
The influence of a ferrous picrate based homogeneous combustion catalyst on the
combustion characteristics and fuel efficiency was studied using a fully instrumented diesel …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation of methane oxidation by palladium-based catalyst via ReaxFF Molecular Dynamics simulation

Q Mao, ACT Van Duin, KH Luo - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2017 - Elsevier
Catalytic oxidations of methane over palladium-based nanoparticles, with and without
oxygen coating, are investigated using ReaxFF Molecular Dynamics simulations. The …

Numerical study on catalytic combustion and extinction characteristics of pre-mixed methane–air in micro flatbed channel under different parameters of operation and …

Y Yan, W Huang, W Tang, L Zhang, L Li, J Ran, Z Yang - Fuel, 2016 - Elsevier
The pre-mixed methane–air catalytic combustion on platinum is numerically modeled in
steady condition. The aim of work goes to better understand how the operation and wall …

A Review on Flame Stabilization Technologies for UAV Engine Micro-Meso Scale Combustors: Progress and Challenges

G Velidi, CS Yoo - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) s have unique requirements that demand engines with
high power-to-weight ratios, fuel efficiency, and reliability. As such, combustion engines …

High performance flexible thin-film thermoelectric generator heated by methanol catalytic combustion

N Kuang, Z Zuo, W Wang, R Liu - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
A flexible thin-film micro combustion-thermoelectric coupled (tf-MTC) device is proposed as
a power supply for wireless sensors with small scale. Which is composed of thin-film …

Experimental study of propane/air premixed flame dynamics with hydrogen addition in a meso-scale quartz tube

W Wang, Z Zuo, J Liu - Journal of the Energy Institute, 2020 - Elsevier
The combustion process of propane/air premixed flame in meso-scale quartz tubes with
different hydrogen additions was investigated experimentally to explain the flame-wall …

The effects of hydrogen addition, inlet temperature and wall thermal conductivity on the flame-wall thermal coupling of premixed propane/air mixtures in meso-scale …

W Wang, Z Zuo, J Liu, W Yang - international journal of hydrogen energy, 2018 - Elsevier
The effects of hydrogen addition, inlet temperature, wall thermal conductivity and wall
thickness on the flame-wall coupling of the propane/air flames in a meso-scale tube are …