Recent progress in flame stabilization technologies for combustion-based micro energy and power systems

J Wan, A Fan - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
The microscale combustion-based energy and power generation systems are potential
alternatives to traditional batteries owing to the much higher energy density of hydrogen and …

Parametric study of inserting internal spiral fins on the micro combustor performance for thermophotovoltaic systems

Z He, Y Yan, T Zhao, Z Zhang, H Mikulčić - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
With the rapid development of MEMS devices, the power system based on micro scale
combustion has drawn great attention. The thermal performance of micro combustion plays …

Numerical investigation on flame blow-off limit of a novel microscale Swiss-roll combustor with a bluff-body

A Fan, H Zhang, J Wan - Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
A micro Swiss-roll combustor with a bluff-body was proposed for the first time. It is
demonstrated that this improved design can greatly extend flame blow-off limit by reducing …

Effect of a crossed-semicircular-plate on thermal performance of micro-combustor fueled by premixed hydrogen-air mixture

H Zuo, Y Zhu, S Wu, S Abubakar, Y Li - International Journal of Hydrogen …, 2022 - Elsevier
A novel crossed semicircular plate has been presented to enhance the thermal efficacy of a
micro-combustor. A whirling stream can be generated when the fuel-air mixture is passed …

Efficient production of hydrogen by catalytic decomposition of methane with Fe-substituted hexaaluminate coated packed bed

H Dai, Z Song, H Wang, Q Cui - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrogen as an ideal clean energy showed the advantages of high energy density and
renewable utilization. Catalytic combustion in porous media was one of the efficient methods …

How to handle the Hydrogen enriched Natural Gas blends in combustion efficiency measurement procedure of conventional and condensing boilers

GL Basso, B Nastasi, DA Garcia, F Cumo - Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper focused on the hydrogen-methane mixtures (H 2 NG) implications on end-user
devices such as boilers, so as to provide a useful tool for maintenance operators. In detail …

Investigation of combustion and emission performance of a micro combustor: effects of bluff body insertion and oxygen enriched combustion conditions

H Yilmaz - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Major challenges for micro combustors are high heat losses and inappropriate residence
time. In this study, it was aimed to eliminate these challenges via placing bluff bodies into the …

Numerical comparison of H2/air catalytic combustion characteristic of micro–combustors with a conventional, slotted or controllable slotted bluff body

Y Yan, Y Liu, L Li, Y Cui, L Zhang, Z Yang, Z Zhang - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The flame instability and low combustion efficiency are still two vital problems to be solved in
micro–combustion power field. In this work, the detailed chemical reaction mechanism of H …

Combustion characteristics and flame bifurcation in repetitive extinction-ignition dynamics for premixed hydrogen-air combustion in a heated micro channel

A Alipoor, K Mazaheri - Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
The characteristics of repetitive extinction-ignition dynamics of flames are investigated
numerically for hydrogen-air mixtures in a heated micro channel. A Low Mach number …

Numerical comparison study of methane catalytic combustion characteristic between newly proposed opposed counter-flow micro-combustor and the conventional …

Y Yan, G Wu, W Huang, L Zhang, L Li, Z Yang - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Nowadays, combustion instability and low combustion efficiency are still two vital
obstructions against the developments of microscale combustors. To handle and ease these …