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Microscale combustion and power generation
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.
Yiguang Ju, Christopher Cadou and Kaoru Maruta.
Includes bibliographical references and index.