Microscale Combustion and Power Generation
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Science and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 July 2019) | Viewed by 2742
Special Issue Editors
Interests: energy systems; propulsive systems; fluid machinery; applied fluid dynamics; combustion
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Interests: energy systems; propulsive systems; fluid machinery; applied fluid dynamics; combustion
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Recent advances in nano and micro-fabrication technologies have accelerated the development of entirely new classes of small-scale power generation systems to meet increasing demands for portable power devices, micro unmanned aerial vehicles, micro-satellite thrusters, and micro chemical reactors and sensors.
The proposed issue focuses on experimental, theoretical, and computational investigations on micro-thrusters, micro internal combustion engine, microreactors, catalytic micro combustor, microturbines, with particular focus on:
- fundamental physics and phenomena of microscale combustion;
- microfabrication of structures and additive manufacturing
- modeling and simulation techniques for gas phase and catalytic micro-reactors;
- Experiments in small-scale liquid film, microtube, and porous combustors, micro-thrusters, microturbines and micro heat engines;
- combination of micro-reactors and energy conversion devices, such as thermoelectric, thermophotovoltaic and piezoelectric devices.
Prof. Ing. Antonio Ficarella
Prof. Maria Grazia De Giorgi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- micro-thruster
- micro internal combustion engine
- microreactor
- catalytic microcombustor
- microcombustion
- micronozzle
- microburners
- micro-fabrication technologies
- additive manufacturing
