Mesoscale power generation by a catalytic combustor using electrosprayed liquid hydrocarbons

Dimitrios C. Kyritsis; Ismael Guerrero-Arias; Subir Roychoudhury; Alessandro Gomez

Mesoscale power generation by a catalytic combustor using electrosprayed liquid hydrocarbons

Dimitrios C. Kyritsis, Ismael Guerrero-Arias, Subir Roychoudhury, Alessandro Gomez

Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering

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A mesoscale catalytic combustor to be coupled with direct energy conversion modules for power production was developed. The combustor had a volume on the order of few cubic centimeters and operates on JP8 jet fuel, which is electro-sprayed at a flow rate on the order of 10 g/hr and equivalence ratios from 0.35:1 to 0.7:1. Temperatures at 900-1300 K were achieved with a ± 5% uniformity over the top circular surface of the burner. Using GC analysis of the exhaust gases, combustion efficiency on the order of 97% was estimated. No fouling, nor soot, nor NO_x were detected in the exhaust gases, resulting in clean and efficient combustion of even environmentally problematic liquid hydrocarbons. Original is an abstract.

Original language	British English
Pages	94
Number of pages	1
State	Published - 2002
Event	29th International Symposium on Combustion - Sapporo, Japan Duration: 21 Jul 2002 → 26 Jul 2002

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Conference	29th International Symposium on Combustion
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Sapporo
Period	21/07/02 → 26/07/02

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Mesoscale power generation by a catalytic combustor using electrosprayed liquid hydrocarbons

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