Design considerations and experimental results of a 60 W compressed-Air-to-Electric-Power system

2008 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronics and Embedded Systems and Applications, MESA 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 375-380

  Krahenbuhl D ^a   Zwyssig, C ^a   Hoorler H ^a   Kolar, J W ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; AUTOMOBILE ENGINES; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; GAS PLANTS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MECHATRONICS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; PIPELINES; POWER TRANSMISSION; TURBINES;

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINES; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; ELECTRIC OUTPUTS; ELECTRIC POWER OUTPUTS; ELECTRICAL MACHINES; ENERGY GENERATIONS; HIGH POWER DENSITIES; IMPULSE TURBINES; OPERATING SPEED; POWER SYSTEMS; PRESSURE REDUCTIONS; PROCESS APPLICATIONS; ROTATIONAL SPEED; SINGLE STAGES; SYSTEM EFFICIENCIES; THROTTLING VALVES; TURBO EXPANDERS;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

EID: 60749117764     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MESA.2008.4735733     Document Type: Conference Paper

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