Demonstration of an external combustion micro-heat engine

Proceedings of the Combustion Institute

Volumn 32 II, Issue , 2009, Pages 3099-3105

  Cho, Jeong Hyun ^a   Lin, Chien Shung ^a   Richards, Cecilia D ^a   Richards, Robert F ^a   Ahn, Jeongmin ^a   Ronney, Paul D ^b  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

^b University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Heat redrculating combustors; Micro heat engine; Micro power generation; Micro combustion; Micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS)

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COMBUSTORS; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT ENGINES; MECHANICS;

EXTERNAL COMBUSTIONS; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; MICRO ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM (MEMS); MICRO COMBUSTION; MICRO HEAT ENGINE; MICRO-FABRICATION TECHNIQUES; MICROPOWER GENERATION; SWISS-ROLL COMBUSTORS;

MEMS;

EID: 67649262407     PISSN: 15407489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proci.2008.07.017     Document Type: Article

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