Design and experimental results of small-scale rotary engines

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Micro-Electromechanical Systems Division Publication (MEMS)

Volumn 3, Issue , 2001, Pages 867-873

  Fu, Kelvin ^a   Knobloch, Aaron J ^a   Martinez, Fabian C ^a   Walther, David C ^a   Fernandez Pello, Carlos ^a   Pisano, Al P ^a   Liepmann, Dorian ^a   Miyaska, Kenji ^b   Maruta, Kaoru ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^c AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DENSITY; EQUIVALENCE RATIO; MICRO-ENGINES; SELF-VALVING OPERATION; WAFER-ALIGNMENT;

AUTOMATION; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; HEAT LOSSES; HYDROCARBONS; IGNITION; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MOLDING; PRODUCT DESIGN; SILICON CARBIDE; STOICHIOMETRY;

ROTARY ENGINES;

EID: 1542642411     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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