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 …

Microcombustion research has flourished over the past decade. Yet, most of the commercial
potential of microcombustion is still to come. Aside from portable electronics, emerging …

Achieving a high wall temperature and wide flame stability limit is of extreme significance for
the maximization of power generation in hydrocarbon fuel-driven micro-thermophotovoltaic …

Energy conversion efficiency of a thermo photo voltaic (TPV) system strongly depends on
the wall temperature and its uniformity. Therefore, improving heat transfer characteristics of …

Micro-combustors with reliable flame stability and high surface temperature are crucial for
micro-thermophotovoltaic devices. Recently, we verified the feasibility of catalytic …

Direct numerical simulation with detailed chemistry and transport is used to study the
stabilization and dynamics of lean (φ= 0.5) premixed hydrogen/air atmospheric pressure …

Bluff body augmented micro-cavity combustors are proposed in this study to enhance the
combustion efficiency under high inlet velocities. The original and two types of bluff body …

The dynamics of fuel-lean (equivalence ratio φ= 0.5) premixed hydrogen/air atmospheric
pressure flames are investigated in open cylindrical tubes with diameters of d= 1.0 and 1.5 …

In the present work, a micro combustor for thermophotovoltaic (TPV) devices is proposed
which is included a U-shaped microtube in a box with a secondary fluid in space between U …

In this work, the joint effect of applying Pt catalyst and heat-recirculating structure on the
flame stability and thermal performance has been numerically investigated in methane-air …