Experimental study on micro modular combustor for micro-thermophotovoltaic system application

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 9576-9583

  Yang, W M ^a   Jiang, D Y ^a   Chou, S K ^a   Chua, K J ^a   Karthikeyan, K ^a   An, H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Micro combustion; Radiation efficiency; Thermophotovoltaic power generators

Indexed keywords

EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOW SPEED; FUEL SUPPLY; FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEMS; FUEL/AIR MIXTURE; IN-LINE; MICRO COMBUSTION; MICRO COMBUSTOR; MICRO-THERMOPHOTOVOLTAIC; PARALLEL DESIGN; RADIATION EFFICIENCY; RADIATION ENERGY; SYSTEM APPLICATIONS; THERMOPHOTOVOLTAICS; WALL TEMPERATURES;

DESIGN; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

COMBUSTORS;

EID: 84861197979     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.03.129     Document Type: Article

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