Design methodology for a rankine microturbine: Thermomechanical analysis and material selection

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 339-351

  Liamini, Mokhtar ^a   Shahriar, Hassan ^b,c   Vengallatore, Srikar ^b   Frechette, Luc G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; materials selection; micropump; PowerMEMS; Rankine microturbine; thermomechanical analysis

Indexed keywords

MATERIALS SELECTION; MICROPUMP; POWERMEMS; RANKINE; THERMO-MECHANICAL ANALYSIS;

DESIGN; ENERGY CONVERSION; EXHAUST GASES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; PUMPS; SILICA; THERMOANALYSIS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM ALLOYS; TURBINES; WASTE HEAT; ZIRCONIA;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 79551593084     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2010.2093565     Document Type: Article

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