On scaling down turbines to millimeter size

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Deam, R T ^a   Lemma, E ^a   Mace, B ^b   Collins, R ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Micromachines Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brayton cycle; Expansion efficiency; Power MEMS; Scaling law; Viscous flow turbine

Indexed keywords

BRAYTON CYCLE; COLD STORAGE; COMPRESSED AIR; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; ENGINES; FLUID DYNAMICS; GAS TURBINES; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; HYDRAULIC MOTORS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; SCALING LAWS; VISCOSITY; VISCOUS FLOW; WIND POWER;

ANALYTICAL MODELS; BETZ LIMITS; BOUNDARY LAYER MODELS; CONVENTIONAL DESIGNS; CONVENTIONAL GASSES; EXPANSION EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; MACHINE PERFORMANCES; MICRO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; POWER MEMS; ROTOR DIAMETERS; SCALING DOWNS; SEMIEMPIRICAL; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SPI-RIT; TURBINE EFFICIENCIES;

TURBINES;

EID: 50249111012     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: 15288919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2938516     Document Type: Article

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