Understanding and improving the performance of miniature devices powered by micro-combustion have been focus continued attention researchers recently. The goal present work is to investigate behavior premixed methane–air combustion in a quartz microreactor with an externally controlled wall temperature. Specifically, impacts flow inlet velocity, equivalence ratio, channel size are examined. Thi...

By adopting a simple cost effective microwave-assisted synthesis methodology, nanosized ceria-zirconia solid solution (MW) has been prepared. For comparison purpose, ceria-zirconia solid solution with the same composition was also synthesized by a coprecipitation method (CP) and calcined at 773 K. Both the samples were examined by different characterization techniques namely, X-ray diffraction,...

The design and development of modern internal combustion engines are marked by a reduction in exhaust gas emissions and increase in specific power and torque. Correspondingly, combustion noise excitation and fuel consumption also have to be reduced. These objectives can be achieved through the development of advanced combustion systems, the increased flexibility of fuel injection systems and EC...

Mesoscale internal combustion engines for a variety of new combustion system applications have dimensions that are far smaller than conventional macroscale engines, yet unlike true microscale engines allow significant mean flow and turbulence to be created in the combustion chamber by the injection process. The resulting flow allows minimization of the combustion time by augmenting flame propag...

A thermoelectric gas sensor (TGS) with a combustion catalyst is a calorimetric sensor that changes the small heat of catalytic combustion into a signal voltage. We analyzed the thermal balance of a TGS to quantitatively estimate the sensor parameters. The voltage signal of a TGS was simulated, and the heat balance was calculated at two sections across the thermoelectric film of a TGS. The therm...

Residential combustion has been identified as one of the main sources of particulate matter (PM); fine particles are important because of their adverse effects on human health and the environment. In this thesis, fine particle emissions originating from residential pellet combustion were characterized in different operational situations and using different raw materials as pellet fuel. Moreover...