Catalytic Microreactors for Portable Power Generation

2011
ISBN: 978-3-642-17667-8
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 112 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 365 g

Reihe: Springer Theses

"Catalytic Microreactors for Portable Power Generation” addresses a problem of high relevance and increased complexity in energy technology. This thesis outlines an investigation into catalytic and gas-phase combustion characteristics in channel-flow, platinum-coated microreactors. The emphasis of the study is on microreactor/microturbine concepts for portable power generation and the fuels of interest are methane and propane. The author carefully describes numerical and experimental techniques, providing a new insight into the complex interactions between chemical kinetics and molecular transport processes, as well as giving the first detailed report of hetero-/homogeneous chemical reaction mechanisms for catalytic propane combustion. The outcome of this work will be widely applied to the industrial design of micro- and mesoscale combustors.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Karagiannidis, Symeon

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Energieumwandlung, Energiespeicherung
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Physikalische Chemie Chemische Reaktionen, Katalyse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Nomenclature 

Introduction 

Experimental setup 

Numerical models 

Experimental and numerical investigation of the hetero-/homogeneous combustion of lean propane/air mixtures over platinum 

Experimental and numerical investigation of a propane-fueled, catalytic, mesoscale combustor 

Hetero-/homogeneous combustion and stability maps in methane-fueled catalytic microreactors 

Stability of hetero-/homogeneous combustion in propane- and methane-fueled catalytic microreactors: channel confinement and molecular transport effects 

Numerical investigation on the start-up of methane-fueled, catalytic microreactors 

Conclusions Summary – Outlook