TY - JOUR
T1 - Preliminary development of a hydrocarbon-fueled catalytic micro-combustor
AU - Spadaccini, Christopher M.
AU - Zhang, Xin
AU - Cadou, Christopher P.
AU - Miki, Norihisa
AU - Waitz, Ian A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work stems from pioneering work by Dr. A. Mehra et al. in hydrogen-fueled micro-combustors. The authors are also grateful to Dr. A. Ayon, Professor M. Schmidt and Professor A. Epstein for their insightful suggestions, to K. Broderick and L. Ho for help during the micro-fabrication, to S. Ajmera for assistance with platinum coating, and to all the other members of the MIT micro-engine team for their help and support. The editorial assistance of D. Park is also gratefully acknowledged. This work is supported by the Army Research Office (DAAG55-98-1-0292) under Dr. T. Doligalski and by DARPA (DAAG55-98-1-0365, DABT63-98-C-0004) under Dr. R. Nowack and Dr. R. Rosenfield, respectively.
PY - 2003/1/15
Y1 - 2003/1/15
N2 - This paper reports development of a hydrocarbon-fueled micro-combustion system for a micro-scale gas turbine engine for power generation and micro-propulsion applications. A three-wafer catalytic combustor was fabricated and tested. Efficiencies in excess of 40% were achieved for ethylene-air and propane-air combustion. A fabrication process for a six-wafer catalytic combustor was developed and this device was successfully constructed.
AB - This paper reports development of a hydrocarbon-fueled micro-combustion system for a micro-scale gas turbine engine for power generation and micro-propulsion applications. A three-wafer catalytic combustor was fabricated and tested. Efficiencies in excess of 40% were achieved for ethylene-air and propane-air combustion. A fabrication process for a six-wafer catalytic combustor was developed and this device was successfully constructed.
KW - Catalytic combustor
KW - Micro-combustor
KW - Micro-gas turbine engine
KW - Power MEMS
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U2 - 10.1016/S0924-4247(02)00335-7
DO - 10.1016/S0924-4247(02)00335-7
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0037438923
SN - 0924-4247
VL - 103
SP - 219
EP - 224
JO - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical
JF - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical
IS - 1-2
ER -