Catalytic Microreactors for Portable Power Generation
Catalytic Microreactors for Portable Power Generation
"Catalytic Microreactors for Portable Power Generation" addresses a problem of high relevance and increased complexity in energy technology. This thesis outlines an investigation into catalytic and gas-phase combustion characteristics in channel-flow, platinum-coated microreactors. The emphasis of the study is on microreactor/microturbine concepts for portable power generation and the fuels of interest are methane and propane. The author carefully describes numerical and experimental techniques, providing a new insight into the complex interactions between chemical kinetics and molecular transport processes, as well as giving the first detailed report of hetero-/homogeneous chemical reaction mechanisms for catalytic propane combustion. The outcome of this work will be widely applied to the industrial design of micro- and mesoscale combustors.
<p>Nomenclature </p><p>Introduction </p><p>Experimental setup </p><p>Numerical models </p><p>Experimental and numerical investigation of the hetero /homogeneous combustion of lean propane/air mixtures over platinum </p><p>Experimental and numerical investigation of a propane fueled, catalytic, mesoscale combustor </p><p>Hetero /homogeneous combustion and stability maps in methane fueled catalytic microreactors </p><p>Stability of hetero /homogeneous combustion in propane and methane fueled catalytic microreactors: channel confinement and molecular transport effects </p><p>Numerical investigation on the start up of methane fueled, catalytic microreactors </p><p>Conclusions Summary - Outlook</p>
Karagiannidis, Symeon
| ISBN | 978-3-642-17667-8 |
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| Artikelnummer | 9783642176678 |
| Medientyp | Buch |
| Copyrightjahr | 2011 |
| Verlag | Springer, Berlin |
| Umfang | XVI, 112 Seiten |
| Abbildungen | XVI, 112 p. |
| Sprache | Englisch |
