A silicon microturbopump for a rankine-cycle power generation microsystempart I: Component and system design

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 312-325

  Lee, Changgu ^a   Frechette, Luc G ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heat engines; microfluidics; micropumps; power generation; turbines

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; COMPONENT DESIGN; CORE COMPONENTS; DESIGN APPROACHES; ELECTRIC POWER; FLOW RESISTANCE; HYDROSTATIC JOURNAL BEARING; HYDROSTATIC THRUST BEARINGS; LUBRICATION THEORY; MECHANICAL POWER; MICRO POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS; MICRO TURBINE; MICRO-SCALES; MICROPOWER GENERATION; MICROPUMPS; PORTABLE ELECTRONICS; POWER BALANCE; RANKINE; SPIRAL GROOVE; STEAM TURBINE POWER PLANTS; SYSTEM DESIGN; THERMODYNAMIC CYCLE; THERMODYNAMIC CYCLE ANALYSIS; TURBO PUMPS; VISCOUS PUMP;

DESIGN; ENERGY HARVESTING; HEAT ENGINES; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; JOURNAL BEARINGS; MARINE ENGINES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROFLUIDICS; PUMPS; STEAM POWER PLANTS; STEAM TURBINES; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THRUST BEARINGS; TURBINE PUMPS;

ENERGY CONVERSION;

EID: 79551576068     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2010.2093561     Document Type: Article

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