Small Scale Burner Review

Abstract

Microscale combustion differs from the mesoscale or large-scale combustion, in general. As the size of the combustor decreases, surface-to-volume ratio (S/V) increases. Surface effects (interfacial phenomena) and time-scaling become more important. Heat recirculation, combustion in porous media, and catalytic combustion are employed to achieve combustion in microscale. The microscale combustion devices can be integrated with thermoelectric and thermophotovoltaic devices for power and energy applications. Recent advances in microscale combustion are summarized in this report.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA502562

Entities

People

  • Ivan C. Lee

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkanes
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemistry
  • Combustion
  • Combustors
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Heat Transfer
  • High Temperature
  • Hydrocarbon Fuels
  • Ignition
  • Silicon Carbide
  • Surface Reactions
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Thermal Efficiency

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