Micro catalytic combustor with tailored porous alumina

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 312-315

  Suzuki, Y ^a   Horii, Y ^a   Kasagi, N ^a   Matsuda, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYOCERA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTANE; CATALYSIS; COMBUSTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FABRICATION; OXIDATION; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP;

CATALYTIC COMBUSTION; CERAMIC COMBUSTORS; MICROCHANNELS;

ALUMINA;

EID: 3042699989     PISSN: 10846999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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